Made a Casual Semi Trad Canvas +/- 6g Kilt

[ozmeath]

Just great O'Neille, quite an inspiration to see you've done that from the pattern. I particularly liked the parrallel to riveting...there's hope for me yet. Like the expression "teach a man to fish, he'll eat forever".
Well done, it looks good. Like the pins too.
Erin.

[Alan H]

You made a 24-pleat canvas kilt with tapered pleats, a fringed over-apron and a waistband in four hours?

Wow, that's simply amazing...just absolutely, simply amazing. I am dumbstruck.

I also thought about using kwick-clips for closure on my first canvas kilt, but finally just stuck with the velcro.

Ha, great, though inadvertent pun, there.

[O'Neille]

You made a 24-pleat canvas kilt with tapered pleats, a fringed over-apron and a waistband in four hours?

I also thought about using kwick-clips for closure on my first canvas kilt, but finally just stuck with the velcro.

Ha, great, though inadvertent pun, there.

I work at a good clip with my water bottle close at hand. I figured I wasn't building a space shuttle, just a kilt. Also, the whole thing was sewn with one bobbin. I got lucky and it ran out on the last strap. The nylon buckles were in my sewing stuff and that saved time going to the store. I've got a ton of cast buckles but I didn't want them clanking around in the drier and I was concerned that washing the leather too much would wreck it. Nylon to the rescue. I'll probably put velcro in my daughter's kilt I'm making her so it can grow with her easier. O'Neille

[Rex_Tremende]

Oh, my gosh.

I keep telling my "assistant,"--the guy who usually types these posts and has, for some reason, foresworn even sewing on buttons despite the fact that he's made curtains and duvet covers--that he can make a kilt if he applies himself. I show him this stuff, and he says, "Everyone should do what they do best." I point out that he usually does nothing, and he retorts, "Q.E.D."

That's one impressive piece o'work, O'Neille (and one impressive piece o'furniture)!

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati.