How to make a stiff kilt softer

[Riverkilt]

Kind of difficult to make any suggestions without the additional information...Hello???

If its cotton - like a Utilikilt - wash it SIX times each time using UNSCENTED Downy...then do the tennis ball thing.

Another way to soften a kilt is to wear it a lot...

[fluter]

Thanks Paul. I have seen denim and canvas before, but not kilts made of cotton. I would be so scared of shrinkage!

Cotton fabric is pre-washed before sewing; but then there is its infinite capacity to wrinkle! Poly-cotton blends are highly recommended, but sometimes hard to acquire from the local fabric store.

Here's a cotton kilt from Buzz Kidder:



And the canonical X-kilt in 100-percent wrinkling cotton:

[kiltedwolfman]

How to make a stiff kilt softer? Make it watch 15 minutes of Oprah, that will soften anything!

[sevenoaks]

LOL....I was going to say slam it in the refrigerator door a few times but kiltedwolfman said it better.