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

[Kirika]

Ah, alright. Thanks for the advice. =)

[Bassbarijpm]

[IMG][/IMG]I want to say AMEN to Kirika post. Thank you Alan for the x kilt manual. The humor in it kept me sane as I ripped out a seam or two along the way. I made mine out of light weight ripstop cotton with a very directional print (going the wrong way). If you follow the directions the kilt will come out well. If you create some SID (self imposed diffulculties) it will still come out well. It just takes more time.

[vipermcgee]

Nass...

I posted elsewhere about your DIY kilt. Wish I was that brave (I really am, but I just found the guide this evening).

Anyway, I was going to ask how your kilt looks with the old red-topped BSA knee socks? I no longer own any, but wish I did just to wear with my kilt.

[LeifJ]

There is anoth set of instructions for a utilikilt style at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...-a-Cargo-Kilt/

Leif

[bunchdescendant]

There is anoth set of instructions for a utilikilt style at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-...-a-Cargo-Kilt/

Leif

I hate to say it but that kilt looks like it was only half-completed and hanging rather badly on that gent in the instructions. All of the X-kilts that I have seen look very finished by comparison. Probably due to the superior instructions Alan took great care in putting together.

Ray

[bunchdescendant]

Hey gang!

I caught a hot-linker that was linking to the X-Kilt PDF w/o permission.

I suspected something was up by the fact that I had 1900+ hits just this month for that file.

New URL: http://www.kellanmeigh.com/x_kilt/Xk...d_Ed_Rev_K.pdf

Slight change just to break the hot link. Hope this doesn't foul up anyone (other than breaking the link).

(edit)

I found out it was one of our own ... oops

Anyways, problem resolved and I wil go wash some egg off my face.

(/edit)

Ray

[MMorgan]

Yes I think I need to thank Alan as well thats a hell of a write up!!! and everyone else that contributed to it as well!!! I think in order of my next kilts will be...

Green X-kilt
Black with green under pleat X-kilt
then maybe try to get some tarten and do a rev K like in the x-kilt manual...

Would like to find a suppliment for a double box pleat... seen a picture of one and those look SWEET methinks a double boxpleated x-kilt would be pretty nice


Anyways thanks Alan only problems I had is I think there needs to be a few pictures about how to set the big under pleat I know it confused me and I ended up doing it alittle different and there seems to be alot of peope asking the same questions about it.. AND maybe adding a pleat to each end (full pleat on the underapron side and atleast a half box on the over apron side) it REALLY makes the kilt look fuller and hang better IMHO AND gives alittle room to grow lol...

[Alan H]

new URL for the Manual, since bunchdescendent had to deal with some bandwidth hogging....

See his earlier post...two posts back...for the new URL.

[Welsh Buggy]

Wow....BIG THANKS to Alan H for the X-Kilt write up. My wife and I just finished my first kilt and used the X-Kilt Manual to do it. Despite a few minor issues, it turned out great.

One little note though... For us fella's that are bigger around our middle than our Tush.. Use the bigger number to figure out the number of pleats.

We used the Tush/rump number and realized there were not enough pleats for the size of the Apron. Figured the mesurement out using the Middle number(thicker fello here) and pleats added up perfectly.

Thanks Again! Buggy(Joe)

[NCMC]

Just got done looking over the manual and now waiting for a my new (used - but new to me) sewing machine to arrive in the mail. Farbric store here I come. (I didn't think that I would say that a few months ago)
Thanks again for all the time that was put into the X-kilt manual.