making a billie kilt for Pastor Gwen

[sydnie7]

ETA: I'll wait until I see how mine fits before offering instructions LOL

[Lady Grey]

Alan
Ah the vagaries of language
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toile Yep a test or trial run in cheap fabric BUT it needs to be of similar weight & weave, thus a practice yoke out of a stretchy old TShirt is no good. Try an old sheet.
Seam tape: two methods
On the outside https://books.google.com.au/books?id...stband&f=false
On the seam: http://itch-to-stitch.com/slam-dunk-...nts-up-part-2/

Yoke pattern: no need to worry about one made for pleats, you will pleat how you want and attach (be careful if the yoke is curved at the bottom)
Here's an ok tutorial on drafting a yoke: http://andreasnotebook.com/the-flirt...-free-pattern/
Hope that helps
LG

[Alan H]

I have discovered that..

1. the PV was not woven symmetrically on the loom and
2. the sett is twice as big as I thought it was.

My own fault. If I'd LOOKED AT IT more carefully before cutting, it would have been fine.

Ergo, I'm waiting on another yard and a half from Marton Mills so I can make it right. I'm pretty grumpy about it. Pastor Greg might be getting a Robertson tartan vest out of the leftovers, of which there is a lot. I'm never making another billie kilt again. The fabric waste is atrocious.

[Alan H]

The Marton Mills fabric has arrived. Now I just need some TIME.

[Grizzled Ian]

Alan, thank you for starting this thread, it's a real cracker! If nothing else, it has cautioned me to stick exclusively to building men's kilts, and not to countenance anything else like billie kilts or ladies pleated skirts, at least until I have plenty of experience with making men's kilts.

I have saved this thread into my Subscriptions folder that I called Kiltmaking 'How-to's', because of its intrinsic interest (eg, who knows where Lady Grey's tip on backing bias-cut fabric with straight-cut will find a use), and because, well, one day, you never know, really, do you...

Thanks again, and all the best with the rest of the project - I reckon pastor Gwen will be mighty pleased with the outcome.

[Lady Grey]

A quick picture of seam tape sewn into the top of the Yoke/Waist of a Billie Kilt to help stabilize the waist so it dosent pull and streatch.
..... don't ask about the fabric... sufice to say it's to go with a Roller Derby uniform!

[Alan H]

it's finally done! --- gave it to her on Sunday so she can wear it for Christmas.



Needs some ironing...



But I think she likes it...