First attempt for hockey kilt

[Alan H]

OK, I'm gonna be following this....

[possingk]

First thing I did was lay the yellow on top of the blue, below the fell line and pleat the kilt. It ended up being 18 pleats.



Once that was done I created a template for the detail and traced it onto the yellow that was already pleated.



After that was done I had to unpleat the whole kilt:



Then I had to repleat the yellow fabric so I could cut it out, this allows the fabric to be continuous and it will allow the yellow to flow into the undersides of the pleats:



This is what it looked like cut out, the blue chalk lines are the actual stripe I cut out extra to hem it:


Now came the part I was most afraid of heming the stripe, I have never been really good at hemming things and to be honest I am still not that good at it, but here is the pinned version.



I then pinned the strip onto the blue and repleated to see if this was going to work. It is not sewn down and the hemming still needs some work, but that isn't sewed either. I still have some work on this part but for the most part I am pleased that it is close to working:



You can see the first few pleats need some work to get it to line up better, and I will get there before I sew it. I wanted to get some pictures up tonight though, and since I am watching the Bills right now I didn't know if I would get back to it. I plan to hand sew the stripe on the blue, then go back over it on the maching, but I feel I have better control with hand sewing than with a machine. I will probably get it all lined up, and then hand sew the yellow on top of the pleats and then follow up with the inside of the pleats. My goal is to finish it before I go home for Christmas (December 23rd)

[possingk]

Well the Bills won and I was inspired, I decided to finish one 'stripe' tonight:

Here is me hand sewing the strip on to the fabric:


This is what it looks like sewn onto the blue fabric:



Pleated with the strip sewn down

[MacWage]

Looks NICE!!

My friend, a BIG Bills and Sabers fan from North Collins, NY, would be proud!

MUCH better than the "slug!"

Also, thanks for the comment on the X Marks/Trasher combo. I printed pics of both, and think it will work. MAYBE it will be Buffalo and Atlanta for the Cup (we'll be on opposite sides of course)!!

[possingk]

Looks NICE!!

My friend, a BIG Bills and Sabers fan from North Collins, NY, would be proud!

MUCH better than the "slug!"

Also, thanks for the comment on the X Marks/Trasher combo. I printed pics of both, and think it will work. MAYBE it will be Buffalo and Atlanta for the Cup (we'll be on opposite sides of course)!!

Maybe Buffalo and Atlanta in the Eastern Conference Finals, but not the cup. :-)

The slug is growing on me after watching every game of the year, I did find some vintage sabres patches on e-bay for this kilt though. Just couldn't do the slug on such a nice kilt.

The next sripe should be interesting folks, I will have to splice two pieces together.

My first recommendations, don't try to save $5 on the alternate color fabric, buy four yards like the main color so you don't have to overlap things. As Alan H said you never know where the two pieces will meet mine are meeting at the end of the stripe, so I will have to hide the overlap in a deep pleat.

[possingk]

The second stripe was cut out and I pinned the hems down, repleated the kilt, and pinned down the stripe so that it stays set when I unpleat it again and hand sew it tonight. I am hoping to have the back done tonight, so my wife can press it tomorrow night.

I will then be sewing down the inside of all the pleats, I found in the x-kilt that this really helped. Also it will keep the stripe stable inside the pleats, I worry that since it is just hand sewn that it might come lose.

After that I will have to run to get some navy thread and velcro, then I will start sewing the outside.

First I will do the fell line, I am going to stitch all the way across the kilt this time though instead of the zig zag stitch that is recommended in the x-kilt directions.

After that I am going to wrap it around me and make sure that it fits in the hips. I haven't decided on pockets, but this would be the point I would put the pockets in if desired.

I have a pretty busy week this week, so I don't know if I will finish it by the weekend, but that is the goal. My wife is making cookies all day Sunday, so that may be the day I finish it.

[MacTavishOfJapan]

That's a fantastic project Keith! I can't wait to see the finished kilt.

[possingk]

I have finished the back:



The pleats expand just the way I want them to:



The only thing left to do is to finish the front, and add velcro

[Kiltman]

I love the results.

[gilmore]

Very nice!

I see that the apron is much wider than the X kilt apron...how wide is it? and how wide is your waist (if you don't mind my asking)? How does that hang and fit compared to the narrower X Kilt apron?

It also looks as if you wear it a bit higher, like a tank, or is that just the angle of the photo?