As if I didn't already love kilts, I now have more reasons to love kilts.

Last night, I was touching up Christo13's kilt. He was working on his laptop, sitting on the couch while I sat on the floor and fixed a pleat that was starting to come unstitched at the hip (I have no idea how it happened, and hope that doesn't happen too much -- eek!). I also basted the pleats for the first time and pressed them to freshen it up for him. I've pressed his kilt twice (the first time I skipped basting the pleats), but this was the first time he's seen me doing anything with the kilt.

When I was finished, I held it up for him to see how it looked and have him help me put the hangers back on it. He then asked me if I could show him next time how to baste the pleats himself and press it. He would love to learn how to do it himself.

I don't mind doing any of this for him, but I love that he wants to learn things like that. When the kilt came in, I showed him how to remove the basting stitches and then he did the rest. He has recently taken to reading style blogs for men and loves to think more about clothing and things like that. When he saw the dressy and formal threads here and all the jackets and accessories he went nuts. He has even mentioned wanting to try his hand at making a few things at some point when we have the chance (like a sporran). I've mentioned to him that I would love to try my hand at making some kilts and he also expressed interest in learning with me to see if it might be something he could get into as well.

I'm so glad that he views kilts as not only something great to wear, but something to be involved in. And I enjoy being involved in them with him