Kilt is too long

[tyger]

Drac, I had a kilt that was made too along. So, I sent it to Bonnie Heather Greene (a member on this forum, Bonnie Heather), and she hemmed it. Did a perfect job, and I do not hesitate to tell how wonderful she is.

The plan:


The result:

[T-Bone]

I just hemmed one of my kilts a week and a half ago. I had went back and forth on whether to do it as some XMarks seemed to see it as sacrilegious. I finally said the heck with it and hemmed it. The kilt never fit better.

As for hiking the kilt up, I tried it on this one for years, but it would always just slip down to settle where it was made to fit, more or less.

Good luck in whatever you decide to do.

ETA: Here is some more advice and tips on hemming.
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...hemming-68766/

[Bugbear]

Interesting... I was looking at the hem on my canvas kilt a little while ago and noticed something. It has sewn-in pleat edges. Though the hem is sewn along it's end with a catch stitch of sorts, it is also sewn down by the edge stitching of the pleats on each pleat.

I can only imagine that the hem must be put in before the pleats are made on any of the kilts with sewn-in pleats, and probably could not be changed without ripping out the stitching of each pleat.

That wouldn't be a problem with the traditional wool kilts, though.

[Drac]

Thanks all.

I will work with my wife to hem the kilt.

Jim

[sydnie7]

Interesting... I was looking at the hem on my canvas kilt a little while ago and noticed something. It has sewn-in pleat edges. Though the hem is sewn along it's end with a catch stitch of sorts, it is also sewn down by the edge stitching of the pleats on each pleat.

I can only imagine that the hem must be put in before the pleats are made on any of the kilts with sewn-in pleats, and probably could not be changed without ripping out the stitching of each pleat.

That wouldn't be a problem with the traditional wool kilts, though.

With sewn-in pleat edges, you pretty much have to hem first. Think about turning that pinched, stitched pleat edge 180 degrees at the hem line -- no easy or pretty way to do it.

[Bugbear]

With sewn-in pleat edges, you pretty much have to hem first. Think about turning that pinched, stitched pleat edge 180 degrees at the hem line -- no easy or pretty way to do it.

Ya, looking at it again, it is a very tight, rather than loose, blind hem stitch being used about an eighth of an inch from the edge on the canvas hem. The edge looks to have been surged or something like that.

On the other hand, they used some kind of zig-zag catch stitch to make the hem of the vertical edge of the top apron. It was a bit looser, and looked a lot like herringbone stitches. I widened the apron a little and replaced them with ten million herringbone hand-stitches a while back.