Fabric for #1

[starbkjrus]

Not sure this is the right place (maybe a second Kiltmakers forum for those brave enough to make their own is in order??)...

But I'm thinking of tackling the attempt to make a traditional kilt with the help of Barb's book. I don't want to spend a few hundred $$$'s on a nice tartan wool only to screw it up. What have other's used for their first?

Hmmmmm. What I used for my first was..............a good kiltmaker

Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm in awe of anyone who attempts (for better or worse) to make their own kilt. I just can't imagine all that effort spent just for me to screw it up. After all it's only money. :rolleyes:

[The Wizard of BC]

Use Wool. You don't have to spend a great deal but only Wool will be capable of the skewing done in a traditional. In the apron tapers you will mold and force the fabric to take a curved shape and only wool is capable of doing that.

If you need to practice laying out the pleats and folds, buy a roll of butcher paper or brown wrapping paper. Lay out everything with a ball-point pen and fold on the scored lines.