A question, Barb, on length of tartan needed.

[Barb T]

Hi Mary,

You can certainly add a yard to your original 8 yard length. If you have double width fabric you would need one join seam anyway, and I would just add your one-yard piece to the middle of the back and have two joining seams.

Does that make sense? It will leave you, though, with only 7 yards for a second kilt. Is that OK?

Barb

[marypenny]

I have an 8 yard double width piece, so what it means, if I understand the graph in your book, is that I would only be able to make a kilt for a smaller-than-usual man..hmmm. Maybe the 5 yard double width Duncan would be a much better choice after all! I will need to ponder this! And I do have experience with the Duncan..chuckle. Since his waist is larger than his hips I am making another tubular kilt, apparently! Thank you for the input. I think I see where we are going here. Mary

[sydnie7]

Mary, you might want to remeasure him using the towel trick -- roll up a towel and tuck it under his tummy to "fill in" the hip measure. The front apron should hang straight down, not tuck in beneath the bulge. Depending on what he carries on his hips and rump, you may need a finished hip measure that is larger than his waist.

Another way to do this is mark an imaginary "side seam" and measure around the front of his waist from seam to seam. Then measure around back of hips from seam to seam. Add those two to find your needed hip measure. Give me a call when we're home next week if you want to has this out further.