Elephant's Child

[Shay]

And I'm not talking about building my own just yet, I'm just curious to know how they do it. Is the flannel sewn down to the entire length of denim, then pleated and cut and sewn etc like it was all one piece, or is the flannel added in strips underneath the pleats after the kilt has been constructed? Or...is it all done with smoke and mirrors?

I made a self-lined kilt (used two layers of the same cotton) and I basically sewed them as one layer of fabric- I sewed them together at the 'apron' end and the hemline, then ironed the #%$%^ out of them to line them up for pleating. (I wish I had sewn the top, too... later I had to put on a waistband to hide the raw edge.)

[Southern Breeze]

While curiosity may kill the cat, satisfaction will resurrect it.

[Jewddha]

Sadly, Rigged, as far as I know, Jeff's business is still on hold.

And toad: as Best I can tell from my two-tone, your guess sounds pretty accurate, except I think it might be just constructed out of unconnected strips.

[646guy]

Hmmmm...I dunno....I'll check with my friend who works in fashion design, but I have a feeling a remember hearing him say something about how the lining on something he did had to be cut and sewn differently on a jacket...let me see if I can find out...when he went into the detail of it my eyes kinda rolled into the back of my head.

[Shay]

Yes, if you're making a curved garment in any way, the lining needs to be cut differently, but a kilt is almost totally straight lines.