Kilt Material

[MacWage]

I have messed with some other materials, some just in the planning stages and some bought material. YET, I still love the wool most.
Cotton: Wrinkles REAL bad and doesn't hold a pleat well.
Duck canvas has many of the same problems.
Poly Cotton seems to work better.

Rocky has a chart he made to show the advantages of PV:

It is made in Excel, if desire the original, contact USA Kilts.

It is helpful on some other materials.
Steve is very helpful on the non-wool materials he uses, but he can speak for himself, as I am not NEARLY as informed.

If interested in solids, I'd look into heavier, hard surfaced wools (but that me).

[JimB]

I have used duck with some success, but you have to sew the pleat edges for the pleats to hold their shape. In my opinion, of the non-wool alternatives PV is the best (but harder to find), followed by poly cotton (same stuff that Dockers is made out of and widely available).
You can get wool in solids and generic plaids from many online sites.
Try a google search and use "wool plaid fabric", or "woven wool fabric".

[MacWage]

I get my solid toned wools here:
(used for my balmorals/bonnets, and my other projects)
http://www.96districtstorehouse.com/
96 District Storehouse
111 Trinity St.
Abbeville, SC 29620
864-366-9600
sales@96districtstorehouse.com

Of course, I drive there, so I get a REAL good look at the color tones and hand BEFORE I buy anything.
Unfortunately, good wools are VERY hard to find in my area. THAT is the ONLY store I know of that consistantly stocks good wool.
(They DO NOT carry worsted tartan, but do have some saxony wool tartan- saw Wallace, Black Watch (highly stocked for American Rev. reenactors), Dress Stewart, and some few others, but forgot which ones.
They also stock horsehair canvas and many "natural" fibered cottons, linens, and the like.