Kilt Hem Project Great Results

[tyger]

Last week, there was a post seeking advice on what to do with a kilt that is too long, and there was ample advice regarding the logical solution: hem it. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-urgent-57828/

I want to share this experience with all:

Some time ago I ordered a kilt from a major company, and due to a communications error, it was built 1.5 inches too long. As everyone knows, 1.5 inches too long is TOO LONG!

At the time I ordered the kilt, I was also having a kilt made by Bonnie Heather, a member of this forum (bonniekilts.com). So, I asked Bonnie if she could hem the kilt, and she said yes and described how she would go about doing the work.

I sent her the kilt, and this photograph describing the task as I saw it:



Notice that I emphasized hiding the stitch line into a narrow line in the tartan. I did this because Matt Newsome showed me a kilt that sombody else had hemmed, whereupon the stich line occured in such a field as to be visible- very visible indeed at some distance. I certainly wanted to hide the stitching.

Bonnie did the work, and here it is. The stitch line is confined within the dark blue line that is defined by the green/blue/orange lines that contain it.

If one cannot see the hem line at 3.5 inches, then one will never see it! Thanks Bonnie, for bailing me out.