X Kilt prototype pictures

[Alan H]

One of the first things I noticed was that particularly on Dan's kilt, both sides of the apron appear to be rolling in towards the bottom. Will deepening the pleat on the left side will probably take care of that? Is the right side of the apron a matter of pressing it?

A couple of things contribute to that. Primarily it's that Dan is wearing the kilt down UNDER his gut, and that distorts the thing. I measured it at his navel and he should wear it at his navel, but he's not used to that, and he pushed it down. Notice that Tim, who is used to wearing kilts, is not having this issue even though that kilt is not made for him and is about two inches too big for him around the waist.

However, I think you're right, deeping the pleat and also deepening the fold that lies under the under-apron will help.

When I had Dans wife measure him, he came out with only a two-inch difference between his waist and his butt measurements. That's kind of odd, usually the hip/butt measurement is 6-9 inches bigger than the waist. I watched them, and she sure seemed to be doing it all right. So anyway, I wonder if we goofed when we measured Dan, because the kilt on Tim looks a LOT better in general, even though it's not made for him..

BTW, these are canvas, and when it's ironed, it's very stiff. I have 4 yards of cotton/poly 8 ounce twill sitting in my study right now, and I'm very much looking forward to making the next two kilts out of this material and seeing how it works out.