marine corps theme x-kilt

[cryerelizabeth]

I'm tackling my first x-kilt with my mom, and it's going to be for my dad who was in the USMC as a Christmas present As I said this is my first one so I'll probably be asking a lot of questions, but I'm following Alan Herbert's instructions so I believe it will be a success. Wish me luck. I'll ask questions and maybe post some along the way pictures.

[sydnie7]

Ask away! I'll start by asking how you are going to "USMC theme" it -- sounds like a great project!

[cryerelizabeth]

I've got canvas fabric the same color as the blue pants with the red stripe and some fabric with a darker shade of blue to go inside the pleats (because I don't have enough of the lighter color so I'm combining the two) and I'm thinking of adding a red stripe but I don't know if that will look right. But that's the main gist of it, although it might change along the way.

[sydnie7]

Wow that could look sharp! Maybe a red stripe down each side of front apron? Or just choose a pleat that will be at each side and put it on last.

I'm seeing gold uniform buttons on the waistband, too.. .

[cryerelizabeth]

That's genius! Thank you for the ideas, I'll experiment with the red stripes, and the gold buttons on the waistband sounds good

[plaid preacher]

Good luck Elizabeth. Sounds like a lot of pieces to sew together. I'm hoping to get my first xkilt finished over the holidays. The best advise I can give is ask Sydnie. She's brilliant. I couldn't have done it without her.

[Aspiringloser]

I've seen your past work. The X-Kilt should be a breeze. Post those pictures when you're finished so everyone can sing your praises. Good luck, and my the Force be with you.

[cryerelizabeth]

I didn't quite understand the instructions for what is called the under apron pleat. do I just add on two inches to my apron measurement or is there a certain depth that it has to be? The apron is going to be 12 inches

[sydnie7]

The under-apron pleat is deeper than other pleats. With a 12-inch apron you could go 4 inches or more (that is, 4 in pleat = 8 in of fabric).

We just went thru this discussion recently, here's a post/photo for ref.

[plaid preacher]

LOL, yeah, that was with me. As I recall, if you laid out the kilt as Alan suggests, you should have the fabric for that pleat there already.