My 3 y.o. son loves my kilts, pipe bands, Scottish girls, Irish girls, and things that are dark blue. He wants a kilt (it has to be dark blue), however I'm loath to shell out a whole lot of money on a wee kilt, in Clan Home tartan, that he will outgrow in a couple of years, when I don't even have my own kilt to match.

I'm thinking that a "cheapy" Black Watch for me (bearing in mind that we don't have as many local suppliers down here in Australia as those of you in Nth America have) and a similar one for himself would be the way to go. Now, I'm sure I could find a wee girly's Black Watch "kilt" in a charity shop, and that it would not take too much work to convert it into a presentable kilt for a 3 y.o. laddie (swapping the aprons over by cutting a new slit for the left hand strap to go through, and hiding the original right hand slit etc.). Has anybody tried a similar project? If so, can you offer any advice?

Regards,

Troy (and Declan)