X-Kilt: Sew Your Own, manual available for download

[Drac]

Hello folks,

Like a lot of people I came looking to this site to find how to make a kilt. Love the instructions.

Still reviewing things but I have a question about fitting the kilt. I run into a problem with the kilts my wife made for me with standard patterns and with the one I got from Sport Kilt. I have what is called an "athletic" build. Basically I have a butt. This causes kilts cut for most men to hang poorly. They pull across the back and distorts the pleats.

Has anyone else had to deal with this & knows how to adjust?

Thanks for your time,
Jim

[sydnie7]

Hello folks,

Like a lot of people I came looking to this site to find how to make a kilt. Love the instructions.

Still reviewing things but I have a question about fitting the kilt. I run into a problem with the kilts my wife made for me with standard patterns and with the one I got from Sport Kilt. I have what is called an "athletic" build. Basically I have a butt. This causes kilts cut for most men to hang poorly. They pull across the back and distorts the pleats.

Has anyone else had to deal with this & knows how to adjust?

Thanks for your time,
Jim

This is where tapering the pleats comes in. You fit the kilt to your rump, then make the pleats narrower at the waistband.

If you also have muscular thighs, that can cause some distortion. One of our master kiltmakers, Barb T, author of The Book (aka The Art of Kiltmaking), complains that her own thighs cause her kilt pleats to flip. If Barb can't find a solution for the problem, the solution probably doesn't exist.

But if your rump is your largest dimension, fitting a kilt is perfectly do-able. I don't know what "standard patterns" your wife has tried, but there really is no pattern for a kilt. The XKilt manual will guide you, or her, through the process. Once you've got the hang of the simple XKilt, it's time to buy The Book and tackle a traditional kilt -- or not, depending on your wants and needs.

Hope this helps, feel free to ask more questions along the way! You might want to browse through some of the many "here's how I made my XKilt" threads to get a feel for the process.

[Drac]

Sorry, by standard I mean the ones from Simplicity and other costume pattern suppliers. I see a lot of research ahead for me before I give this a try. But thats the advantage of places like this. You don't have to reinvent the wheel everytime.

Jim

[Tartan Hiker]

Sydnie is exactly right...the hip (rump) measurement is the key. Everything flows from that dimension. The X-Kilt will lead you to this understanding quite well.

[Alan H]

DOWNLOAD HERE:

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf

http://cmgm.stanford.edu/~ahebert/Xk...t2ndedRevK.pdf




Hopefully this post will stand out enough so that people can find it amongst the 23 pages of X-Kilt instructions. Please note that the above twelve posts are just repeats of the same URL. You don't need to download from all twelve links, ITS THE SAME LINK.

Edited on 2/14/2011 since Rays link is dead

[lethearen]

Sorry, by standard I mean the ones from Simplicity and other costume pattern suppliers. I see a lot of research ahead for me before I give this a try. But thats the advantage of places like this. You don't have to reinvent the wheel everytime.

Jim

Those are hardly "standard" Very glad you decided to give it a go from this site

[Cowher]

DOWNLOAD HERE:

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

http://www.modelautoracing.com/kilt/X-Kilt_final2.pdf

Hopefully this post will stand out enough so that people can find it amongst the 23 pages of X-Kilt instructions. Please note that the above twelve posts are just repeats of the same URL. You don't need to download from all twelve links, ITS THE SAME LINK.

Point taken. :-0. I will post pics when I'm done. Good stuff!

[bunchdescendant]

Alan-

URL changed due to hot linkers (again ). That link is not the latest revision for some reason so I'll have to repost the correct link tonight.

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Here it the correct URL: http://www.kellanmeigh.com/x_kilt/Xkilt.pdf

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Ray

[Ruffles]

Very easy to understand. Joined this website and 3 days later I'm wanting to sew a kilt?? Who knew?

And I get that the kilt is for men... but making myself clothes out of our family tartan to match is ok, right?? ;)

[piperdbh]

...making myself clothes out of our family tartan to match is ok, right?? ;)

Yes, of course. You can make things out of your husband's tartan, your own family tartan, or any other tartan that's not restricted. Look at the "Pixar in Loud MacLeod" thread for some ideas.
You can also make yourself a kilted skirt. They're generally longer than men's kilts, but they don't have to be.
My wife wears an arisaidh, which is just a big piece of double-width tartan, belted around the waist, with the ends free to tie over the shoulder, wear as a hood, tie at the waist to stay out of the way, etc.