Mk2: Girl's Box Pleat in Roscommon County Crest Tartan

[Pleater]

You really don't have to reverse everything for a kilt for a girl.

A standard skirt might fasten on the left, but a kilt fastens on the right - mine did, when I was a girl, and I make a note of such things when there are kilts being worn in old films.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[xman]

Doesn't matter what units you use. You could use smoots, furlongs, or potrzebies, as long as you're precise!

Thanks, Barb. I'm trying.

You really don't have to reverse everything for a kilt for a girl.

Yes, I know, but I made the artistic decision to do so. I guess I just can't follow directions to the letter yet.

[xman]

The long weekend was good for me to get some sewing done. That and a little time burning the midnight oil tonight. Had a small heart attack when I measured the pleats in the hips and discovered I'd lost an inch, but it only took a minute to do the steeking again and gain it back. The pleats are about 0.5cm(1/8") small, but the aprons are about that larger than the split I'd intended so I think I'm good. Remarkably, the top band lined up perfectly on the under apron as well!

At any rate. Except for pressing (I found a block of wood that should do the trick) and adding the buckles and straps which should be in any day, this is put together. Now I'll place another order for more tartan cloth intended for two more kilts, mine this time, and a little something for the wife.

Thanks again for the input, ladies. I'll wager I've learned as much on this one as on the last, but this time the lessons weren't quite so hard won. On to Mk3 next. (see my avatar )

[CaseyB]

Wow! You're really tearing through these! I have been working on mine since before you started Mk 1.1 and I'm just to the point of adding the canvas! Though, I have a bit more, *ahem* material, to deal with! They are looking fantastic!

[xman]

Wow! You're really tearing through these! I have been working on mine since before you started Mk 1.1 and I'm just to the point of adding the canvas! Though, I have a bit more, *ahem* material, to deal with! They are looking fantastic!

Cheers. These three are just 3yd mini models for kids. Last night after posting I called Marton Mills and ordered 6m of MacDonald of Clanranald Muted and 8yds of MacDonald of the Isles Modern both 16 oz. I've got some Halloween performances coming up at the Vancouver Aquarium so that will likely slow me down a little.

The weather is cooling here as it is most places and although I've had my PV MacDonald casual on a few times this season, more often I've been jonesing for some wool. I must order some hose or two too.

"How poore are they that haue not Patience?

What wound did euer heale but by degrees?

Thou know'st we worke by Wit, and not by Witchcraft

And Wit depends on dilatory time:"

~ Wiliam Shakespeare - Othello Act II scene iii