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  1. Kilt with no hair canvas
  2. Re-sizing a Lochcarron Kilt...
  3. Difference Between US Marine Corps Tartan & Leatherneck Tartan
  4. Kilt Kamp 2012 - Who wants to learn to make a kilt?
  5. pro's and con's of tartan cargo
  6. Photos of Pleat Sewing Position?
  7. kilt buckles
  8. Surprise with the US Air Force Reserve Pipe Band Tartan
  9. Interesting things you find when working on other maker's kilts....
  10. Skirting Obscenity
  11. Moth holes...what can be done?
  12. help with a hem question (Weavers)
  13. Interesting find on a Geoffrey the Tailor kilt
  14. Buckle mishap-Will leather do?
  15. 7yds of 60" weathered black watch
  16. Historically inspired knockaround kilt
  17. The Wavy Kilt
  18. Name those Stitches....
  19. 4.5m of fabric
  20. Apron Shaping
  21. finishing the reverse and deep pleats
  22. Advice requested on making a military box pleated kilt
  23. Help me learn from my mistakes
  24. Hemming a PV/Acrylic Kilt
  25. Cut Off Point
  26. MoD Kilt Hanging Strips
  27. Kilt material differences.
  28. Kilt Kamp March 2012 Victoria?
  29. Moving the buckles-TAKE NOTE
  30. Spinning for tartan
  31. Montgomery Blue\Green Pleating
  32. Kosher Hair Canvas
  33. Steeking
  34. Alter Kilt to Make It Larger
  35. Adjusting buckles on 8-yard kilt
  36. How much cloth for a lady's pleated tartan skirt?
  37. MM Jura width
  38. referal for tartan vest tailor
  39. Hemming and hawing...
  40. Tartan is skewed at selvedge
  41. Can it be done? This would be MONSTER of a conversion
  42. Hose with Heritage of Scotland
  43. No Sheep jokes, please...
  44. Cutting turnout fabric?
  45. Making kilts for others
  46. What's all the hubub about hand stiching?
  47. Yardage needed?
  48. Shortening a kilt?
  49. Irish Tartan's in PV
  50. A question about popular sizes
  51. Self-Colored Kilt
  52. Basting tips?
  53. brown straps and brass buckles
  54. Girls' Kilts
  55. Where are the darts
  56. Hair canvas source?
  57. Suggestion to all kilt-makers!
  58. EMS tartan
  59. Sewing machine advice
  60. Altering Apron flare
  61. How long does it take to make a kilt?
  62. pressing
  63. Stripe Pleating Question
  64. Pre-shrinking traditional kilt fabric?
  65. New Tartan Herald Article
  66. Under Apron Hem?
  67. $5000 kilt
  68. Question about twill
  69. Kilt maker in SF Bay Area?
  70. 2010 Braemar School Flyer
  71. Barb Tewksbury/Art of Kiltmaking's New Website
  72. I Got my Tartan today! Red Ulster
  73. Kilt repair
  74. Elements of a sett
  75. Making my first kilt - opinions please!
  76. Batley Mill?
  77. sutherland
  78. Cost of Tartan Fabric Only
  79. Apron shaping help.
  80. Lessons of a kilt maker - Splits
  81. Question about thread counts
  82. First time pleating to the sett. (Maple leaf tartan)
  83. Avoiding the 'pleat flip'
  84. Kilt size
  85. Kilt tailoring
  86. A question for the kiltmakers: What would you do with this tartan?
  87. What makes the best kilt liner?
  88. RK and direction of fabric
  89. Trouble with my overapron
  90. a little encouragement here please
  91. Repair of torn kilt
  92. Seattle Area Kiltmakers for Hire?
  93. First time kilt making
  94. Show of Hands for Elsie's XMTS Kiltmaking Course!
  95. pinstripe kilts...any kiltmakers on board tackled one?
  96. An idea
  97. gordon highlanders kilt
  98. Making a Sporran
  99. Pleat Swing Physics?
  100. Kilts, leather and dry-cleaning
  101. pink kilts
  102. Ancient MacDonald pleating?
  103. Wifes grand idea
  104. Measurements and Splits
  105. Kiltmaker in Northern California needed
  106. Handwoven Tartan for a kilt
  107. Preparing to make my first kilt...some questions
  108. Tartan suppliers
  109. Need advice on double wide set
  110. Buckles & straps
  111. Which type of pleats should I choose?
  112. Any experience making kilts with fabric from the Batly mill?
  113. those stupid 5 yard kilts and their shallow pleats: WRONG
  114. I just bought Tartan
  115. Single Box Compared to Double Box pleat in Yardage?
  116. False Lower Strap?
  117. Inverted Pleat 50/50 ?... Barb ...Help
  118. Explain Splits for me
  119. enough material?
  120. Resizing Questions
  121. Weights for Tartan
  122. what about pockets?
  123. Where to buy material?
  124. What size buckle straps
  125. Buttonhole technique
  126. Need a Dbl check on my measurements
  127. Tour of my shop and the making of Mach5
  128. It is Finished! pics inc.
  129. Will this buckle work?
  130. Straps 2? 3? & a good source
  131. Got me a sewing machine!
  132. My first kilt skirt
  133. It's official: I'm now a skirt maker
  134. Almost Done!
  135. What size the rise?
  136. reducing bulk in kingussies
  137. Box pleat kilt instructions
  138. Pleating the corner of a fly plaid...
  139. Buckles & Straps
  140. Apron edge to last pleat stitching question
  141. Apprenticeship availability?
  142. Update on Kilt Kamp 2009
  143. Kelly Green Material advailable
  144. Catanach #20
  145. Tie Dye
  146. calculating fabric weight?
  147. Belly considerations!!
  148. A question about PV material
  149. How do I end my stitching?
  150. My book arrived!
  151. Construction Method/Modern Kilt
  152. What does this mean?
  153. Inverted Pleat Question
  154. Montrose Doublet
  155. 20 oz per yard?
  156. Kilt Kamp 2009
  157. Advice on kiltmaking supplies?
  158. How do I taper for identical hip and waist measurements?
  159. Labeling various parts of the kilt
  160. Handmade custom kilt work
  161. Black Watch to the stripe: checking my math
  162. Questions on bidirectional pleating
  163. Military Kilt repairs
  164. Trim for top band of Black Watch kilt
  165. my kilt
  166. how to pleat this tartan?
  167. A little help box pleating please? :)
  168. Barrel pleats
  169. Making a kilt with polyviscose fabric
  170. Possibility for mini Kilt Kamp
  171. Robertson Red in cotton
  172. A word of appreciation
  173. Hemming a kilt
  174. too long?
  175. remnants
  176. question for custom kiltmakers
  177. replacing canvas backing
  178. MacDonald Pleating
  179. Help. Looking for specific kilt maker from Highland Games
  180. Lardbelly, or "the tale of the tail" and Barb's fine book
  181. Alexis Malcolm New Website
  182. R-Kilts!
  183. Itchy kilts
  184. 2008 Kilt Kamp in Franklin, NC
  185. New Double Box Pleat Kilt
  186. Hostess Skirt
  187. waistband tartan for a very tall man's kilt
  188. Kilt making?
  189. "Improving" lightweight aprons?
  190. Factors Affecting Pleat Swing
  191. Considering Military Box Pleat
  192. Making my next two kilts
  193. 2008 Dates for Kiltmaking seminars
  194. How to: Make our own Flahes?
  195. Beware the Spreadshirt
  196. Non-Tartan Fabrics
  197. Project Great Kilt (belted plaid)
  198. Ebay tartan fabric quality
  199. Kathy Lare?
  200. In search of colors, not clans
  201. DC Dalgliesh Tartan images
  202. I need a piece of tartan
  203. Opinions: Ancient Campbell Pleat Options?
  204. Reet Pleat for Macdonald of Sleat?
  205. Pre-washing Poly-viscose
  206. Singer 347
  207. How do I begin making my own kilt?
  208. Proper description of kilt dimensions?
  209. Weaving Tartan
  210. wearer's height?
  211. Question for kiltmakers
  212. List of Kiltmakers?
  213. New Kilt Maker. - now online
  214. Request for someone to teach me to baste pleats
  215. Brown kilt straps
  216. MacArthur Tartan and Marton Mills
  217. Tailor in Minneapolis, MN
  218. Alexis Malcolm kilts
  219. My first kilt
  220. Some pics at Fraser & Kirkbright
  221. I have found 13oz. P/V!!!
  222. Poly-viscoes by the yard
  223. Any training available in England for wannabe kiltmakers?
  224. Kilt Material
  225. working with herringbone tweed
  226. apron not tapered
  227. splayed
  228. 2007 Kilt Kamp Announcements
  229. No strings attached
  230. A challenge to all kilt makers
  231. Wholesaler for shop owners
  232. UK based kiltmaker wanted
  233. need about 10 navy blue kilts for the fire Dept.
  234. Most Popular Kilt Model
  235. Amerikilt question
  236. Kilt maker needed...
  237. Kilt making classes
  238. Canvas interfacing for kilts
  239. Hector Russell Canada??
  240. Kiltmakers in the USA
  241. 65 Wool 35 Poly Pleating?
  242. Weird juxtaposition
  243. okay who knows.....
  244. Stabilizer and Apron Canvas...?
  245. Maple Leaf tartan on ebay
  246. Suiting wool for kiltmaking?
  247. Revisions for The Art of Kiltmaking
  248. Buzz Kidder ?
  249. Was someone looking for PV?
  250. New Kilt Maker Online
  251. Leatherneck wool on ebay
  252. Material Choice ?
  253. New(ish) Member
  254. Converting a sport coat?
  255. Corduroy Cord (Channel) direction
  256. Box pleat kilt instructions
  257. 4yd vs 8yd
  258. Adventures in Kilt Making
  259. AN RrrrKilt for Chrrrristmas
  260. Tartan price
  261. making a trad kilt?
  262. Natural Hemp RKilt
  263. Cutting Down a Féileadh Mòr
  264. The old R-kilt still lives....
  265. Friday the 13th
  266. How to explain kilt making to my Brasilian mother in law
  267. Need help finding material
  268. Sewing machines!
  269. A kilt from leftover fabric
  270. Trews pattern
  271. My daughter as a frec during frosh week
  272. Nothing slows down kiltmaking like stupidity
  273. A question for you folks that DIY
  274. 2007 Kilt Kamp
  275. Virign wool for a kilt???
  276. Need some quick help with a term
  277. Awwww darn it !!!
  278. Instructions for an 8 yard reverse Kinguisse style
  279. New advertiser?
  280. Horse Hair Canvas-> $6/yard-74" wide.
  281. Speaking of turning heads
  282. Renegade Kilts
  283. where to wear a kilt?
  284. Oregon Tailor Supply Co., Inc.
  285. steeking?
  286. contemporary box pleat kilt: an ongoing thread
  287. kilt modification questions, unusual dye colors
  288. Twill Question...
  289. Thanks, Matt
  290. That's more like it.
  291. Please clarify reverse pleats
  292. Source for American/Bicentennial tartan?
  293. The King Kilt 2.0 Introduced
  294. pinstriped fabric question...
  295. The King Kilt 2.0
  296. 4.5 inch sett isn't big enough, so I want your opinion
  297. Tartan from D.C. Dalgliesh
  298. Marton Mills wool/poly tartan
  299. Tartan Fabric-> ALL MAKERS!
  300. Harp Jacket Buttons
  301. 3 to 4 yard "recycled" box-pleated kilt
  302. Modern MacGillivray tartan for sale
  303. Kiltmaking day?
  304. Finally met a fellow local kiltie!
  305. Kilt lining interfacing and lining.
  306. Hemming a kilt
  307. Stillwater Kilt Straps
  308. Rkilts Tasmanian Devil Sporran
  309. Questions about using canvas duck material
  310. Raw materials...
  311. That wasn't very nice ...
  312. Craft Kiltmaker in Peebles
  313. Sewing Machines
  314. Military box pleat trial
  315. eBay fabric store
  316. Kilt How-to CD ROM
  317. Kids Kilts
  318. Building a kilt from two regimental kilts?
  319. Box pleating formula?
  320. Boxed knife pleats!?
  321. Wish List
  322. Kilt wanted - I supply the fabric
  323. Tossing it out there
  324. Stupid Question for the day...
  325. Fabrics, etc
  326. Apron question
  327. Hem and PV question
  328. Measurement questions
  329. Weight loss and Kilt Size
  330. determining a fabrics weight...
  331. What's with this fabric?
  332. Tartan Weaving
  333. Best wishes to Bear
  334. Stillwater Question
  335. Wherefor art thou Bear ?
  336. Bingo!!!
  337. Bear Kilts
  338. I need help!
  339. fabric supplier
  340. fabric length
  341. Got Pattern?
  342. Just an Idea
  343. New Kilt wearer
  344. New photos on the site
  345. Rocky, USA Kilts
  346. Rocky, USA Kilts
  347. Question for Barb, or any of the other fine kilt makers here
  348. Gobantex
  349. Is Pittsburghkilts back into business?
  350. need help with aprons
  351. Tartan Fabric on Ebay
  352. Darn Indian Knock Offs!
  353. Machine Made Kilt Problems...
  354. face of fabric ??
  355. A Question for the Kiltmakers
  356. how do you....
  357. Robertson Hunting
  358. OMG, my first kiltmaking contract
  359. Accomidating a very ample backside :)
  360. Where?
  361. pleat depth for 4" sett?
  362. First Trad Kilt: an ongoing thread
  363. Plain Black Faille
  364. British Tan Sporran
  365. help with pleat spacing
  366. Sporran guiding
  367. I scored!
  368. PermaPleat system
  369. Starting a kilt, got questions!
  370. An open invitation to all kiltmakers
  371. A Few Questions for Any Commercial Kilt Makers
  372. Canvas Kilt, ACK!!!!
  373. Question for all the Kilt Makers
  374. I like asking other questions
  375. I like asking questions
  376. Pattern
  377. Kilt makers in Virginia?
  378. AmeriKilts in an Office Setting
  379. California Tartan wool Kilt
  380. Review of snapsource.com snaps
  381. Hey Barb...
  382. Where to get snaps?
  383. Lightweight and cool kilt for backpacking
  384. Dealing with the "Fat Tax"
  385. who has some kilt material for me?
  386. Buzz Kidder
  387. Buying Tartan...
  388. Right side of fabric
  389. linen?
  390. Good hang of pleats and stitching
  391. Saltire Sporran
  392. I been helped!!!! Yayyyyyyy!!!!!
  393. Looking for kiltmaker...
  394. Sporran parts
  395. Confederate Memorial Tartan
  396. Fabric Sizing
  397. Moving kilts from festivals to daily wear
  398. Business Cards
  399. Harris Tweed kilt -- limited time!
  400. Four-yard, box pleated kilts
  401. Critical appraisal Please
  402. New Machine!
  403. market research
  404. Bears new site
  405. Post Office shipping deal
  406. To all kiltmakers:
  407. Kiltmart, Stillwater Kilts, reviews etc etc... HELP PLEASE
  408. Question for USA kilts
  409. What Price Glory
  410. For All Kilt Makers
  411. What happend to Rocky's Contest??
  412. Canada Kilts URL
  413. altering a kilt
  414. WHO SHOULD POST HERE?
  415. Hey what gives!!