Quote Originally Posted by Rex_Tremende
Jason is single and Dan is married, you say?

Hmm...
That's pretty funny...I got a good laugh out of that when I read it. *grin*

Just for reference, the first kilt I made was a caramel canvas kilt. I had no clue what I was doing, basically I just stared at one of Rocky's Casuals and imitated that. The only differences between mine and a USA Kilts casual were that I put in a reverse pleat and I fringed the over-apron edge. I had no clue what to do with tapering the fell, or anything. In fact, I should have sewn downthe fell about another 2 inches longer than I did, but what the heck. It took me 19 hours of flying by the seat of my kilt (ha!) to make that garment.

I then made a completely traditional, essentially entirely hand-sewn wool kilt that has 27 pleats, plus the reverse pleat. I followed Barbs instructions closely. The only significant difference between what Barb has you do, and what I did is that I made a "Matt Newsome Special" INSIDE buckle on the left side of the kilt, instead of the usual "strap through the slit in the waistband" left-side closure. Personally, I am sold on this method, and way2fractious used it on his box-pleat kilt with great success, too. The hand-sewn traditional took me 67 hours to construct.

I'm hoping to bang out these box pleat contemporaries, minus pockets, in about 18 hours for two kilts....or nine hours each. We'll see.