My goal with this project is not to make a new kilt or alter this kilt in any way to turn it into a Freedom Kilt. My only job was to evaluate if anything was wrong with it and if so correct it if I could.
I would like this kilt to look exactly as it did from the outside as when it was bought.
But there is one thing that I am going to have to change.
In this photo you can see the outer apron straps. They are machine sewn to the apron edge. But they were not sewn to the interfacing.
If I were to remove these and sew them back onto the kilt it would significantly weaken the straps themselves. You can only put so many holes in something without weakening it.
I have decided to replace the straps.
In this photo you can see the new straps sewn on. Note that they are sewn through the interfacing and the fold back of the apron but not all the way through to the outside.
I also aligned the straps to go straight across the apron and not with the tapered apron edge.
Our other kiltmakers will also notice that I did not tuck the interfacing under the folded back facing of the apron. This was done to better show you that straps must be sewn to the interfacing and not the apron itself. This was the cause of the distorted fabric we saw during the evaluation of this kilt.
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