Panache vs. The Great Kilt!

[sp00ky]

Anyone know of, of have online, a video of this process, for those visual learners like me?

[McMurdo]

Anyone know of, of have online, a video of this process, for those visual learners like me?

I've only tried it once, and never got photos. I did do a search on youtube and found these. I don't think you have to spend as much time as they do making sure the pleats are perfect but it is pretty good.

[Panache]

Matt,

Thanks for the feedback and I will give the proper pleating method another go and post some pictures.

I do want to keep you happy after all!

I will say that from a non re-enactor and non historian standpoint I understand completely why costumers would choose to pleat the great kilt in the manner I did.

Comparing this method to the proper one it is a lot easier to do and it makes the large amount of extra cloth far more managable.

I'm not saying it is correct or looks better.

It is just easier and more manageable.


Back to the cloth for another go!

Cheers

Jamie

[M. A. C. Newsome]

If your cloth is 6.5 yards long and 36" wide, no wonder you are having problems.

Better demensions would be about 4 yards long and 54" wide (at minimum, 60" if you can get it).

I think you'd find a much easier time of it.

[Panache]

If your cloth is 6.5 yards long and 36" wide, no wonder you are having problems.

Better demensions would be about 4 yards long and 54" wide (at minimum, 60" if you can get it).

I think you'd find a much easier time of it.

Matt,

I double checked trhe measurements this morning

The width is 61" (which is good) but the length is actually 7.2 yards !

It makes me feel better that perhaps the extra 3+ yards of material was the likely the problem.

Since this isn't my fabric I'm not going to cut it.

However I will keep an eye out at the fabric store and see if someday I can find a suitable bit of wool or wool blend tartan cloth in the right size.

And give it another try

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[Jack Daw]

Manipulating yards of cloth to fit comfortably and handsomely is not easy. I like the way you did it! When I get a chance, I will post a pic or two in my non-sewn, hand-pleated great kilt.

[Kid Cossack]

Panache:

What can you tell us about the sword? I make free to ask this question since, from some of my readings, "Highland dress" pretty much included the sword for long stretches of time.

[Panache]

Panache:

What can you tell us about the sword? I make free to ask this question since, from some of my readings, "Highland dress" pretty much included the sword for long stretches of time.

KC,

I bought this one at a Renaissance Fair a number of years ago. I don't believe it was a specific copy of a particular sword, but represented a style used throughout Europe for a few centuries. I liked it because I thought it would be pretty flexible for use in a number of costumes.

I will make sure to get a photo of it out when I complete my Macbeth costume and post the pictures.

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[Panache]

Richard actually sewed two pieces of this tartan together to make this long length.

He said if I wanted to, I cut the cloth back in two pieces.

I am currently undoing his nest double row of stitches to try this again with a 3 1/2+ yards of fabric.

Wish me luck

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[Panache]

Well using half of the material seemed to work a bit better

I didn't feel as if I was drowning in tartan!

I even found a neat (though huge) plaid pin I had bought from Rocky at USA Kilts to secure the two parts that went over the shoulder.

One concern is how low the front aprons hang (past the knees) is this acceptable?

I'll try to get my lovely Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess to take a picture this evening and you can judge the results.

Cheers

Jamie