Scott's first kilt

[MacWage]

The Stealth kilt. :rolleyes:

[pdcorlis]

Great first effort - it looks very sharp indeed! Am I right in thinking this is a reverse kingussie style pleating?

Now for a comment - if I'm seeing things right on my monitor. It looks like the sewn down portion of the pleats have no taper from waist to hip. Next time you might consider spreading the difference between waist and hip measurement across all the pleats to keep the back center pleat from looking quite so "dart" like.

Hey I'm no expert - but I know there are plenty here who will be glad to jump in and provide some more valuable insight.

Again - great first effort!

[Alan H]

I'd echo PDCorlis on this, but still and all, a good looking kilt. Well done!

[GallowHill]

Great first effort - it looks very sharp indeed! Am I right in thinking this is a reverse kingussie style pleating?

Now for a comment - if I'm seeing things right on my monitor. It looks like the sewn down portion of the pleats have no taper from waist to hip. Next time you might consider spreading the difference between waist and hip measurement across all the pleats to keep the back center pleat from looking quite so "dart" like.

Hey I'm no expert - but I know there are plenty here who will be glad to jump in and provide some more valuable insight.

Again - great first effort!

Thanks for the comments. Any constructive criticism is accepted. I have a sewing book, and in it is an article by a kiltmaker named Ann Stewart. She only writes about inserting 4 darts, not tapering each pleat. But then she is instructing about a real kilt. So that is where I got the darts.
Tapering each pleat will be the way I do it next time, just as you suggest. But to be honest, I ripped out and resewed the pleats so many times, I just wanted to be done with them.
I am new at this, so I must confess I do not know what a reverse kingussie style pleating is. Did I do it and not even know it?

Scott

[pdcorlis]

I am new at this, so I must confess I do not know what a reverse kingussie style pleating is. Did I do it and not even know it?
Scott

More or less - yup. A kingussie style pleat has a box pleat at the back and the pleats sweep forward on both sides - a reverse kingussie is well the reverse of that. Now I've only seen a few kingussie kilt photos on the web - so I'm a bit fuzzy on the box pleat detail at the back - but I bet Matt Newsome, Barb T, or some other well versed member can provide loads more information.

[Southern Breeze]

That looks good, you did a great job.

[MacWage]

I'd highly recommend Barb's book. I find it VERY helpful.
Official name: "The Art of Kiltmaking" by Barbara Tewksbury and Elsie Stuehmeyer

It will vastly improve your kiltmaking endevors, I know it has mine.

It is here (bought from a BIG supporter of this forum:

http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/books.htm

Matt's books there are also well worth the money.

[Big Paul]

That'll work!