XKilt #2: The Reverse-K

[sydnie7]

Not a first for this forum, but a personal first: adapting the X-Kilt instructions to a reverse Kinguisse pleat pattern. I'm using denim that has a nice selvedge (that thin off-white line) so no hemming, whee! With Bob's Union Kilt for guidance as well as Alan H's indispensable words of wisdom, I marked out 18 knife pleats with 2-inch reveal and 2.5 inch depth.

Here is the center back pleat portion chalked out, showing 2-inch and 5-inch alternating segments, meeting at center back with two adjacent 5-inch segments for the box pleat. This flash photo really washes out the color.


Color is more like it here, basically olive drab I've sewn up half of the pleats and the center box and am calling it quits for the night.


This shot more clearly shows the 9 rear-facing knife pleats, with 9th forming one side of the center rear box pleat. To the right of the box pleat is one of the remaining pleats just tacked down at fell, waiting to be adjusted for fell-to-waist difference and topstitched in place.


More as it progresses!

[KiltedBrewer]

Looks great so far!

[Mipi]

Nice!

I just hope the fabric isn't prone to wrinkle to much. Reverse -K pleats do wrinkle quiet badly while sitting. I'm talking from my experiances with my camo kilt.

Reglar - K is more wrinkle friendly, while pleats are going in more natural way when sitted.

Just my 5cent. Keep on your good work.

[mom7tn]

This is looking great so far (and somewhat familiar! 18 2 inch pleats!) Can't wait to see more! Nice color too!

[sydnie7]

This is looking great so far (and somewhat familiar! 18 2 inch pleats!) Can't wait to see more! Nice color too!

Thanks, all! Yep, this is the one I want to "snap up."

I'm also in the middle of hand-sewing a Black Watch wool, needed a second project that I could "break" to when the hand sewing gets too tedious/painful. Machine-sewn kilts give much more immediate gratification!

[Alan H]

In addition to the tweed I bought this week, I ALSO bought 3 yards of black bull denim...

which will wind up as a reverse K black casual kilt, with luck by the end of next week. A good way to knock the rust off!

[sydnie7]

The "MacWerner Watch" hand sewn is also coming along nicely, but for more immediate gratification I got the Reverse-K finished today.







Bob didn't want any front snaps, so there are just single bronze-finish snap closures on the pockets.

[george7]

That's a great shirt. Kilts I've seen (and that's a nice one, albeit)... and Irony shirt, now that's great!!!

[bigdad1]

It is really quite a nice kilt and it is going to be fun to wear. The shirt comes from despair.com and is just one example of lots of fun stuff they have. I bought it because I am in the steel business and thought it appropriate.

[Howard Clark]

I need one of those shirts ! Nice kilt too.

For work wear, the reverse Kingussie is my favorite, or a box pleat.