Marking the front apron

[Calico]

Unfortunately, this is one of the things you are told to do in the book that you can only do "right" with experience.

Do not sweat it. Do not worry about the opposite sides being exactly symmetric.

I watched Elsie draw the lines. Purely eyeballed with no measuring.

The idea is simply that the bottom of the kilt needs to flare. It will not hang properly if it is a straight vertical.

But how much flare? Depends (as does so much kilt fitting) on your body shape. And other than "about 1 1/2 inches wider at bottom than at bottom of fell" there is not much of a guideline. (I seem to recall that 1 1/2 inches - I do not have the book here).

Plain and simple, you will learn with this one. If it does not work exactly right, your next one will be closer. But chances are it will be fine.

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Steve, that is great! Although it appears it is still just fancy eyeballing, since you re-create your spline every time you need it. It doesn't seem to guarantee repeatability, just a cleanly drawn line.