Pleat stitching for lefties - here's a method that works

**Barb T** · 27th April 14, 01:21 PM

True - when I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, I'll do that!!

**MNlad** · 27th April 14, 04:51 PM

Brilliant. Just don't stand up to shake hands.

**plaid preacher** · 27th April 14, 05:02 PM

...and just for clarification... it would appear that the material is sitting in your lap. Is that correct?

And on behalf of the the sinister, backhanded, creative, right-brain folks here - myself included - thank you. Of course this means I have to wear jeans all week at Kilt Kamp. I hope it is moderate in Victoria this year.... or pin to my leg... hmmmm???

**Barb T** · 27th April 14, 05:33 PM

Yes, it is sitting in my lap. But there are alternatives! You can bring a clamp that you can clamp to the table, and you can pull against the clamp.

**GrainReaper** · 27th April 14, 08:56 PM

Thanks for this outstanding little tip, I have your book, knew I would need some creativity in the lefty sewing method but I couldn't figure out a simple way, pins seem to solve a lot of my issues as of late!

**Grizzled Ian** · 27th April 14, 09:45 PM

Hi Barb, and the left-handed tenth of the population,

It seems to me that, if you can clamp your kilt to something solid while you sew pleats into it, you can just as easily clamp any other material, including, say, the cut-off leg of an old pair of jeans, to which you can then pin the top of the new kilt. This would reduce the risk of pinning the kilt to yourself as well as to your trousers.

It also strikes me as an opportunity for right- and left-handed kiltmakers to team up when the kilt-wearing world "discovers" Kingussie pleating and floods us with orders.