Next X- Kilt

[vorpallemur]

Is there something else you would think would be better? He wants black but the twill I can get my hands on just seems so... light.

Duck isn't really one fabric. It's a weave. It's a plain weave, with twinned warp and weft threads. (That's called "double filled", by people who care to call it anything. Regular canvas, which is plain plain weave, is called "single fill") It's almost universally made of cotton, but linen duck was common until the end of the 19th century, and fabric with linen warps and cotton weft wasn't uncommon, either. It comes in various grades, referred to by number. Smaller numbers are heavier than bigger ones. (the number is based on the weight of some bizarre area of fabric, which had meaning in deepest, darkest history, but which doesn't now.) You're probably working with #10 duck, which weighs about 15 oz / sq yard, or #12 duck (the lightest commonly available), which weighs about 11.5 oz/sq yard [weight per square yard of numbered ducks can be calculated as follows ((19 - duck #)/0.61). That's nominal weight, actual weight will vary slightly.]. I'm pretty sure that the canvas jacket I've got is made of #10, and the canvas trousers (yeah, yeah) #12. I'd think #12 duck would make a fine X kilt. Yeah, it wouldn't hold a crease well, and it'll wrinkle. But it looks good, and it wears well.

edit: I think some construction changes would improve how a duck x-kilt looked, particularly in the apron. Interfacing the edge hems, and the left edge of the over-apron, for instance. I'll think about that some more.

editthesecond: Duck will shrink. A lot. like 10% length wise, or more. several prewashings are in order.