Complete disaster

[NorCalPiper]

So tonight I was heading out to a to-do, when I decided to change kilts. There was going to be another clan Brown member there, so I decided to wear my Clan Brown Modern since my friend was going to also. Parity , you know?

Anyway, I put on the kilt-and believe it or not, I instantly knew something was wrong. Something didn't feel right with the swing. I gave my kilt a look over and could not believe what I found. My daughter had taken my fabric shears at some point and cut into my kilt. Not once, but twice-Once on both sides........I jsut can't believe it....Even though this kilt was a 5 yard kilt, I was non-the-less very fond of it...I guess I have to double check that anything that can do this is out of reach of my little daughter's hands.....I'm very sad and don't think this is a repairable wound.

[Hothir Ethelnor]

It can be repaired but it won't be as pretty (although it will look more like you're Scottish grandfather handed it down.) If it's a clean cut you can stitch it and if you have tartan you can patch it...

[DougC]

Oh, man...rough being a parent. I say patch it!

[Riverkilt]

Don't know if an iron-on patch would work on wool - but if it did might give a cleaner look on the outside than stitching...

[Oldhiker]

This will be a great story to tell her children when they give her payback. I can here you now... "This is not as bad as the day your mother sliced up my nice kilt"

[KiltShot]

You absolutely must repair this. Get the very best advice you can on how to do it and then take action. You must not feel discouraged because you will regret your non-action. Keep us informed so that all of us may benefit from your experience. This is called a "valuable teaching moment". (People who have a lot of them hate that phrase.)

Remember: it doesn't matter what happens, only how you respond does.

[BCTrucker]

take the kilt out off of the hanger, put it in the child's bed and place the child on the hanger in the closet to avoid this happening again, HEY, I never said I was in the running for parent of the year!!!!!

[BoldHighlander]

Reminds me of when I was in the 3rd grade & I had labored in class to make a beautiful macramé belt by hand. I was so proud. I brought it home & put it in the cupboard to keep it new & safe until the arts & craft show at our school. Anyhow the big day arrived & I went to fetch it from the cupboard only to discover that my sister (3 yrs younger) had taken scissors & cut it up into pieces because she "needed string"!!!
Needless to say I was devastated & to this day have never attempted macramé again!

Best of luck on your repairs, and just remember if you don't feel comfortable with a do-it-yourself project I'm sure there are many talented souls here who could/would do a first rate job for you!

[Paul]

Reminds me of when I was in the 3rd grade & I had labored in class to make a beautiful macramé belt by hand. I was so proud. I brought it home & put it in the cupboard to keep it new & safe until the arts & craft show at our school. Anyhow the big day arrived & I went to fetch it from the cupboard only to discover that my sister (3 yrs younger) had taken scissors & cut it up into pieces because she "needed string"!!!
Needless to say I was devastated & to this day have never attempted macramé again!

Best of luck on your repairs, and just remember if you don't feel comfortable with a do-it-yourself project I'm sure there are many talented souls here who could/would do a first rate job for you!

I'm sure we've all got disaster stories!
When I was around 11 I went to a crafts club after school for 2hours every week for several months. In the last few months I started to hate the club, because of the lack of company at it. I even got bullied for going to it!
I kept going to the club because I was half-finished a wooden string-puppet, which had taken me a couple of months to get done already. So I kept going, hated it and got the puppet finished after a few more months. I thought "great... I'm sure my sister will enjoy it". So I painted it purple and gave it to her. She seemed quite impressed and accepted the puppet...
So a few weeks later I was thinking about the puppet and asked her where it was. "I threw it out... the strings got tangled"
Paul:

[BoldHighlander]

I'm sure we've all got disaster stories!

Indeed...but at a time like this its nice to be reminded that your not the only one