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    cheap camping blanket kilt

    Here's some pictures of the kilt I just finished, made from a $20 50/50 blend camping blanket. I wanted to see if I could make an acceptable daily wear kilt from it. Is it as nice as a 100% wool tartan traditional kilt, no and it isn't meant to be. is it good enough to run around town or hike or do yard work in, yes. Acceptable is subjective to begin with, but when you wear a kilt everyday, it's nice to have kilts in the same range as you would have pants, ie sweats (flannel), utility, casual(not canvas, not formal), and fancy(business suitish, formal). While the good stuff is nice, cheap doesn't neccessarily mean cheesy or bad looking. After all walmart slacks are still slacks, and not everyone can afford men's wharehouse let alone italian suits.
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    Can't see your photos...

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    sorry

    I tried, but guess i didnt get it right


    kilt1.jpgkilt2.jpgkilt3.jpg

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    Many years ago, in the 1970s and 1980s, there was an old fellow (sorry, I mean "senior citizen") who showed up every year at the Maxville Highland Games wearing a kilt he had made himself from an inexpensive tartan blanket sold in those days by Canadian Tire. I guess it suited his purpose, even though it looked like a kilt made from a cheap blanket. I'm afraid the limitations of the material just cannot be overcome. You've made a good effort, though.

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