Back again. What a great day it was. The venue was small but well-attended. Excellent competition and all events close enough to the clan tents that you could watch from just about anywhere on the grounds.
Of course, my son MadBagpiper immediately fell in with the Jamestown Pipes and Drums and played with them all day, including the closing ceremonies.
I'm sorry I didn't get any shots of the younger son. He got overheated in the new MacDonald kilt I just rebuilt for him, so I changed him back into his shorts; he sat in the shade with the Clan Donald folks and sipped water for the rest of the afternoon.
Back home again, after dinner I worked on the kilt for a bit. Marked and stitched the tapers, made up the "deep pleats" at the apron edges, set up the over apron, and got ready to add the canvas, binding, and liner. Here she is just after I finished stitching the tapers. The fell hasn't been pressed yet, so please pardon the wrinkles. Still haven't used a single pin!
Heath, I'm not stitching the pleats as I would do with poly/cotton. My experience with PV is that it holds the creases pretty well even after washing. I always hand wash, even though they could go in the machine, so the pleats don't have to take too much of a beating.
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