Stopped and picked up 4 yards of cotton twill of a similar color. I couldn't find the one I wanted, but I'll make it work. Maybe after a few washings I'll like it. After all, it is just an experiment to practice without ruining expensive fabric.

Oh, BTW, I was speaking with a nice elderly lady at Joann's who had been a seamstress for over 60 years and told her about my dilemma with the stretchy stuff from sprawlmart. She said to pick up some cheap white tissue paper, the kind you wrap stuff in, and put that between the presser foot and the material and sew it right to the fabric, then tear if away afterward. She said what does hang up under the thread will dissolve in a gentle washing. Also to use a ball pointed needle on stretchy stuff. She also thought it was neat that such a young man would take an interest in sewing, let along sewing himself a kilt. I'm soooo smooth with the 80 year olds.. LOL

I pitched the original Xkilt in the piccies above, but I have enough material to lay out another if I'm so inclined to test this method someday. Anyway, I'll probably begin the next one in the new fabric this coming week. Lots to do this weekend and I doubt I'll get a chance to work on it.

-R