Made my first kilt Saturday.

**Colin** · 15th May 06, 09:39 AM

So with good reason and an upcoming occasion, I sat down and with the help of my wife we made our first kilt on Saturday night. Ok..........so it's for a one year old. We made the kilt out of 1 metre of PV in Maple Leaf that had been covering the wall of the "pub". It took awhile to get everything set up but once we got going it went quick (1.5 hours). I measure it all out, marked off where the pleats would be, folded, and than she ran it through the sewing machine. After we had finished, we sat back watched the end of Formula 51 (on the CBC unedited) and it hit me. I measured it wrong! I had measure the waist at 18" and had thought the front and underapron should be at 9 " each. I had completely forgotten about the back (the pleats) needing to be half the waist measurement as well.

All in all, it was a good learning experience, and we can still fix the kilt before the party Saturday. Regardless, the kilt looks great for a one year old.

Now, I can go get that 3 yards of 13 oz MacDonald Hunting or the 3.5 yards 16 oz MacDonald Weathered for $50 each that I found at the local shop the other day and test it out before I make my son his MacKenzie Morgan kilt.