*grumble*....*snarl*

[ChattanCat]

The fell is 8 inches. All the other pleats have lined up acceptably...not PERFECTLY, but quite acceptably. This one refuses. How can two stripes in a pleat be lines up just fine, but the one that's higher up be a full 1/4 inch off?

*snarl*

No biggie. I only have to hand-sew maybe all of about 9 inches of pleats. Not a big deal. But I reserve the right to be annoyed about it.

I would guess that you are not keeping the material taught enough. Since the wool stretches... not sure but it may be the issue.

[ChattanCat]

Krispy Kilties?

[Alan H]

You're granted when you think that your new pink fuzzy sporran looks ab-so-LOOTE-ly smashing

SMASHING I say!

with your new...uh...

tattoo.

[ccga3359]

Right. You're Granted when you've had so much to drink that you actually think a rubber chicken sporran will get you kilt checked.

You're granted when you think that your new pink fuzzy sporran looks ab-so-LOOTE-ly smashing

SMASHING I say!

with your new...uh...

tattoo.

What do I somehow invite this abuse? Granted - I am gorgeous but still, that's no reason for you lesser people to be jealous !

[Alan H]

Basting did the trick and lo and behold, the stripes match up acceptably, now. They're not PERFECT, but they're quite acceptable. S this is a six-pleat box pleated kilt in the X-Marks tartan....16 ounce.

I make box-pleat tartan kilts rather differently from what folks would expect. I put in a 2.5 inch-wide strip of twice-washed canvas to take the load of the waistband. There's no cutting out of pleats in the fell, though there's something vaguely related to a steeking line where I lightly sew down the overlapping pleats to one another on the inside.. I realized that I'd plumb run out of hair canvas so I ran down to Jo-Anne's and got some non-fusible, heavy interfacing under the apron on this one. So far, so good.

The lining went in this morning.

At this point I just have to stitch in the tartan waistband, then the buckles and straps and it's done, hopefully just in time for Christmas!

[ChattanCat]

How bout some in progress pics?