Fabric/pattern question

[Dragonking]

So I've been wanting a kilt for a while, original plan was to buy a utilikilt, but then I got a fabric sample bundle that had some really cool designs in it. So I figured I could sew my own using some of the patterns to make it look really cool. There are 3 that I want to use, Pattern A will be the main pattern, B will be for accents, while C would be trim.

Pattern A is a black background with silver spider and block flower design on it. B is black background with white and orange skulls covering it. C is orange background with black spider webbing across it. These descriptions aren't perfect. The fabric itself is cotton.

The designs in my head follow a couple possibilities. One is with A covering most everything, with B being the pleats. Another is using B to break up A via vertical or horizontal stripes, so 6 inches of A, with 2 inches of B. C would pretty much be used for beltloops and the insides of pockets.

Was wondering if there was a bit of precedence for doing something like that. Should I include some sort of backing of a stronger material?

[unixken]

Almost sounds like you are describing a Sport Kilt Team Kilt. http://sportkilt.com/product/7561/Tartan-Team-Kilt.html

[Dragonking]

I guess I sorta am. Though I think the design in my head is just a little off of that. How the pleats are is what I want to do.

[fluter]

Be sure to look at the X-kilt document, that is a nice resource with lots of pictures, and you'll find words & pix of some of our X-kilts in past threads.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/s...ad.php?t=20085

If your fabric is very light, you may need to line it. Consider making your first garment from something more substantial, if that's the case. It will be much simpler & you'll get a feel for the process.

[gwynng]

If your fabric is very light, you may need to line it. Consider making your first garment from something more substantial, if that's the case.

Aye. I have done a lot of fabric designing over the years and every single sample of bright, heavily patterned fabric I see in the industry is quite light. More suited to making a quilt (for which most of them are intended) or shirt weight in cotton or poly cotton. Definitely too light to make a kilt (Xkilt or otherwise). Fabric for kilts needs to be pretty heavy. Think at least as heavy as a pair of chinos or khakis. There may be some cool patterned fabric out there in heavy weights, but they are the exception rather than the rule.

Also, consider exactly what you are planning to wear with the kilt as you choose a fabric. Orange is a tough one because most of us have very little orange in the wardrobe. Short of a Harley Davidson logo shirt or a solid black or orange, your are very limited in choices.

[Dragonking]

There wouldn't be too much orange. B has some orange on it, but it's balanced with other colours, and I would be using very little of C which is mostly orange. The black and silver of A would be the most domineering colour.

So if I made a kilt of a heavy material and then sewed on the patterned fabric on top of it, would that work?

[Hawk]

Dragonking, sounds as though you could fall back onto the XKilt link as far as construction and design.

btw - you might want to post a hello thread under the new members section introducing yourself, etc...

Hawk