Kilt-Making Instructions online

[millar]

A while ago I think Jimmy Carbomb said there was a website being built with kiltmaking instructions for a 4 yard kilt.

[The Wizard of BC]

If you can be patient until next summer, the companion book to Barb's will be published.

Intitled "The Art of Contmporary Kiltmaking", by Steve Ashton it will cover the details of making your own kilt with the contemporary features of pockets, fabrics other than Wool, machine sewing, and fitting for lower waist styles.

I have the book layed out in rough form, pictures and diagrams are in the works. I still need to flesh out the wording, and finish the referances.

I hope to get it to Barb for editing in late spring.

[Alan H]

If you're the kind of person that prefers to have step-by-step instructions for tackling a project like this, then, if you ask me, you'll almost for sure be better off waiting for Steve's book.

I will most probably buy Steve's book myself, because for whatever the measly price of the book will be, it will compress my learning curve tenfold. That's worth the money to me. Even if I happen to have made four or five kilts by then, it'll STILL be worth it, for the insights given by someone with a lot of experience. I've read Barb's book twice and without having put a single idea into practice yet, I've already learned a bunch. My next kilt will be better for it.

If you want to just bang away at the sewing machine with ten bucks worth of material and some spare thread and see what comes out the other end, just for the hay of it....go look at those web pages.