Hi All,

I came across some machine stitching on one of my kilts that looks like it was hand-sewn. I bought a black kilt off eBay a while back that was too long. I knew it would be, but the price was so low that I figured I could just hem it & save a lot of money. After it arrived, I saw that it's embroidered logo (where the kilt pin goes) was too close to the selvedge.

So, after building my first kilt, I had the confidence to tackle it from the top. After dismantling the top of the kilt, I opened up the seam to put in the new strap hole & found, to my surprise that it had been machine stitched. From the outside it looks just like hand stitches, but there are 2 interlocking threads in there.

It's a bit difficult to see because it is black on black. My question is; how was it done & can we do it ourselves without having to buy an industrial robot?