Just to clear up one thing.

Barb does only hand stitching. Her stitches are completely invisible. You can even pull on the pleats, stretching as much as you like and you can't see even one stitch.

She stitches one stitch every yarn of the fabric. So on 16oz fabric that is a stitch length of about 1/32" and spaced 1/32" apart.

That equates to 1" per min.

Now I've spent some time around hand sewers and let me tell you the speed and accuracy that Barb maintains is blinding fast and superhuman accurate.

I've been blessed to be able to look closely at a lot of Kilts. Kilts from some of the most respected Kiltmakers in the world. No one, and I mean no one, comes close to the artistry of Barb. Elsie maybe but I've never seen one of her Kilts.

Just to make a comparison I have seen a lot of Military Kilts. The average stitch is two to three yarns long spaced 5 to 6 yarns apart. The stitches are visible as small divots along the edge of the pleats.



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