POLL: who on the board has made, intends to make, or will never make....a kilt?

**BEEDEE** · 27th August 07, 11:23 AM

Three - one brown duck x-kilt, one grey-green tartan modified x-kilt (full apron, box pleat) and one knife pleat, also in the grey-green tartan.

Have the material for another x-kilt and thinking about getting some of the reject x-marks tartan from Fraser and Kirkbright for another modified x-kilt.

Brian

**MACKAY** · 27th August 07, 11:46 AM

I know my limitations - pinching pennies is the way to go for me

**Phil** · 27th August 07, 11:35 PM

I have enough problems sewing a button on - forget making a kilt I'll leave that to the professionals. My wife made me this waistcoat though and I think it's a really good job. Don't think she would tackle a kilt either though.

**Racer96** · 28th August 07, 01:41 AM

I keep thinking about it, but I'm afraid I value my fingers too dearly to give it a try.

Never know though. One of these days maybe....

Mike

**Pleater** · 28th August 07, 03:38 AM

Kilt making is the only sewing where I find my maths and micrometer both come in handy.

Perhaps sewing by hand requires a special form of spacial awareness to be able to avoid placing the point of the needle into skin as well as cloth.

I can hold the folds level and sew a fairly straight line along the waist, inserting the needle entirely blind on the return stab, though after 50 years of sewing I should have got the hang of it.....

Only 25 more tiny pleats to sew into the striped kilt. It is going to look good, though.

**Jerry** · 29th August 07, 03:07 AM

I've had the material for an X kilt for several months now. I just haven't gotten around to getting one of our bigger sewing machines working. The only one in service right now is my wife's little portable. (I mean you can hold it in your hand kind of portable) and I don't think it is heavy enough to do the fabric I have.

**Wompet** · 29th August 07, 01:17 PM

5 machine sewn, 1 hand-sewn, 2 in the planning phase, 2 more in the theoretical phase, 1 more theoretical if I ever buy that material they keep relisting in eBay ...

**The F-H.C.A.G.** · 30th August 07, 05:58 PM

I've made 5:

2 for my son
1 for Cloves
1 for my husband (the infamous Pink Panache)
1 for myself (technically a skirt, not a kilt, although made using the x-kilt instructions, before there were x-skirt instructions-Thanks Alan!)

Be well,

**CameronTaylor** · 31st August 07, 06:26 PM

I've made 1.5 but am look at making Rebecca's pink and black "tartan" kilt like the blood-thirsty, celtic-haired, flame-goddess made her X/XMTS kilt (reversal of colors).
Additionally I printed out the XK instructions for my friend Sean so he can make himself one or several.

CT - it's almost too hot to drink ya know it?

**bunchdescendant** · 3rd September 07, 02:59 AM

OK, I'll admit it....

Before I knew any better, I made a 7+ yard knife pleated cotton canvas kilt. No topstitching, no steeking, not right at all. The khaki colored canvas is so heavy it will stand up by itself.

Really needed Barb's book but I winged it instead. I know, a frugal Scotman gets what he bargained for.

I am working on a woodland camo right now. I just need to get motivated to finish it. After that, it's on to a desert digital camo knockabout.

Ray