With the Scottish festival coming up, I decided I wanted to make myself a new kilt to wear. Of course, everybody in the family had to have one. I was a busy bee this weekend.

#1 - Box pleat for my step-dad.
#2 - Box pleat for my step-brother.
#3 - Box pleated *skirt* for my wife.
#4 - Box pleated *skirt* for our dog.
#5 - RevK for myself.

I gave the two guys the options I knew I could tackle. Box-pleated, knife-pleated, RevK, Regular K, pockets, no pockets, straps and buckles, velcro, apron size, pleat size, etc. Both decided they wanted rather small box pleats (2",) and large aprons.

My step-dad wants three buckles, with the under-apron buckles inside as per Matt and Barb's addition to the AoKM. His will be khaki poly/cotton twill.

My step-brother wants two buckles on the over-apron with velcro on the under-apron for "the look." His will be OD green poly/cotton twill.

My wife just wanted a near replica to the one I made her last year, but in black, with smaller pleats and a shorter rise. It'll sit on the hips rather than her natural waist, and have 2" pleats rather than 3" pleats.

The puppy - well, she's getting a custom little kilt I dreamed up. Should be pretty cool. It'll be in black, which I'm starting to second guess since she's shedding so bad. She's a Sheltie, so we get to bring her with us.

I've wanted a RevK since I first saw the style. I think they're neat. Mine will have 1 3/16" pleats (16 pleats over 19"... I think my math is right,) with a large apron, and the same buckle arrangement as my step-dad's. It'll be OD green poly/cotton twill.

I decided to make all of these somewhat traditionally as far as the construction is concerned. They'll all have reinforcement in the fell and a full lining for comfort. The lining I bought is similar to sheeting material and 100% cotton. Super soft stuff.

Anyway, I know this didn't happen if there's no pictures. I've got a few progress photos, but I still have a lot of work to do.

Here's my work-station at home. Went and bought two clamp lights and bright lighting. Borrowed my mom's folding plastic table, and cleared some space. Our apartment is pretty small so it's a tight fit with the other furniture in there.




Here's my step-brother working on his at my mom's house. He top-stitched the pleats after I showed him how, and bar-tacked them. I finished it up. Top-stitched the inside of the pleats, did the taper, attached the aprons and did all the facings. Attached the waistband to the top via machine, and will hand-stitch the back-side once I get the reinforcement and linings in.



Here's my step-dad's. I'm still working on this one. First picture shows me top-stitching. The second is after pinning the pleats and getting ready to bar-tack them. This thing is big. My step-dad has quite a "corporation." I ended up joining two 4 yard sections. There's roughly a yard left over on each side.




I have my wife's all marked, just need to sew it. It's pretty short so it shouldn't take very long at all to finish. Mine is going to take quite a while with its 16 pleats. I'm also waiting on material since the stuff I ordered for mine ended up being used for my step-brother's.

Updates to come in the following days!