Some fun with Isle of Skye Tartan remnant

[NorCalPiper]

Hey Y'all-
When we started kilt making, I pre-bought a few tartans that I knew we should have on hand, Isle of Skye being one of them. Well 8 months later, we've made the last kilt we can make from the bulk yardage, so I had a 4 meter X 28inch and a 3.9 meter by 26 inch remnants. My daughter likes to imitate me pleating material, so she went into the basket and started folding the cloth. Now, she is not even 3, but as Jamie and Star can tell you, she is VERY determined for her age, and she literally folded the material until it couldn't be folded anymore. A lot of fun for her! As I was picking up the material, I noticed a couple of pleats she had done that had a really neat pattern. There is a part of the sett where the purple meets the teal meets the sage that are perfectly aligned and the same width. She had made 2 pleats that somehow had managed to repeat this. It got me thinking, and with 4 meters of material, I figured-"Oh well" and pleated it continuously in this form. I achieved 11 knife pleats that are all deep, and I feel that the multiple color lines give the effect of more pleats. I'm going to keep this pinned and save it for late Feb. and see if I can't make a wearable wool casual kilt.

My wife doesn't like it (She's partial to pleating the IoS to the brown line, but I think its interesting)-Thoughts??

[Squeaky McMurdo]

I think it's pretty!

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[piperdbh]

I like this way the best of any IoS pleats I've seen.
If you have 7.9 yards left over, isn't that enough fabric left for a box-pleated kilt and a half-plaid?

[Lyle1]

I'm not at all familiar with the IOS tartan, but I think it looks very nice pleated as you show it. Give the kid a gold star!

[nh_maclean]

I like! (And wish Santa put it under my tree this year!)

[ForresterModern]

Novel indeed, and beautiful. I like it.

[NorCalPiper]

I guess there was enough to make a full kilt with the 2 pieces, but they were different lengths, you'd have to join (What a pain), and plain ole time constraints. I have so much on my plate that I'm just now starting to get out from under, that taking on a new project just isn't possible.

I have the other piece that I will surely make one of my machine stitched Box Pleats later on in the New Year.

Even though there are only 11 knife pleats, the depth is deep enough to keep it from being flimsy. I'm looking forward to it, and I'm glad y'all like the pleating scheme. Somehow it just worked out with the tartan sett design. I'm liking it more and more!

[NewEnglander]

You should name the pleating pattern after your daughter...and make her her own skirt in it!

[NorCalPiper]

Funny you say that....HEr name is Skye.

[bricelythgoe]

Looks great! Another kilt for me perhaps... Just kidding.