Make a Kilt Weekend: a proposal

[Alan H]

Next Fall (nothing like advance notice) say, in late October (after the Ben Lomond Games)


.....IF....there was a "make a kilt weekend", would anybody here be interested in coming?
I've heard from two local guys who are X-marks lurkers that they'd be up for it. If 6 - 10 guys/gals wanted to get together and power out some casual kilts, I'm up for it.

PROPOSED SCHEDULE

Friday night:

fly in, bike in , drive in, teleport in....
Bring, your sewing machine, 5 yards of solid color or camouflage twill fabric, spare needles for the machine, and a big spool of thread of the appropriate color. Oh, and chalk and a Carpenters square and a cloth measuring tape.

Saturday Morning:

We meet early "somewhere", like at 7:30 AM, and start working on kilts. I'm going to just think outside the box here and guess/pray/say that way2fractious and the F-H.C.A.G will be there (hopefully) and they've both made lots of stuff, so there'll be "expertise" on hand. If you want to make a casual, machine-sewn knife pleat kilt instead of an X-Kilt, any of us can help you with that, too. I'll take a deep breath and say that if you really wanted to make a tartan box-pleat kilt, machine-sewn, we could probably get you through that as well, though you wouldn't have a liner until later.

we sew all day, just power it right out until we're done, probably at 7:30 PM or thereabouts.

Saturday Night:

We strut our stuff at a local "establishment"

Sunday AM:

"kirkin' O' the kilts?"......or sleep-in recovery from Saturday?... maybe a short Sunday afternoon hike, wrapping up around 3:00 so folks can hit the road/plane/train before it's too late.

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What say? Anybody interested? I can't do it before October, honest.

[berserkbishop]

Wow, sounds like a lot of fun. I would love to, but that is about the time that I will probably be in boot camp. Keep me posted though because if there is ANY way possible, I would love such a great excuse to come to Cali!

BB

[kfreeouf]

My chances of attending increase exponentially with the amount of advance notice, but if there's any way possible, count me in! Great idea!!!
Keith

[Moosedog]

Sounds fun, I will have to join you remotely, though---will there be an "annex" for those of us who have to stay home?

Moosedog

[James MacMillan]

Sounds like a neat idea........ we're talking the San Francisco Bay area???? or - ?????

[just4fun63]

My chances of attending increase exponentially with the amount of advance notice, but if there's any way possible, count me in! Great idea!!!

+1 to the above (although I'm dangerous to myself and others with a sewing machine )

[Farlander]

YES, sign me up!

I only last night discovered the X-Kilt manual (thanks to the "SHAMELESS BUMP"), and it has inspired me to try making my very own X-Kilt.

Thanks Alan for sharing this information with us!

[LadyGriffin]

it is a bit of a drive from MN. Have you thought of doing an "online" class or a remote feed from the kiltmaking weekend? Those of us that cannot get there would still like to watch and learn...

[The Wizard of BC]

OOOWWWWW I can just see it now.

How many people can we network on Skype with webcams. On-line kiltmaking classes. Cool. I'm in.

Skype - TheWizardofBC (webcam at the ready)

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

I'm in. My dear man has decided that his "Pink Panache" is too short, so I'll have to make him another X-Kilt. Maybe in a pale lavender or lilac?

Be well,