Cunningham kilt--big pics

**cacunn** · 27th January 08, 08:49 AM

Bishop
You could make your Grandmother a pair of Cunningham ear rings. Stop at your local fabric store and look for a Covered Button Kit. You put the material (tartan) over the top piece, fold material over the back and force a back piece on. The tension hold the cover in place. You will need to replace the loop on the back that is used to sew the button on to the jacket with a ear ring piece. This sound well with in your talents.

**berserkbishop** · 30th January 08, 03:44 AM

Ok, my grandma has gotten nearly ready to sew the liner in, and put the straps and buckles on. She goes in for cataract surgery today, so there will be no work on the kilt until she is up for it. I dont know much about cataract surgery but I am praying that it all goes routinely.

Oh and Cacunn, my Great Aunt Durbin (Maiden name Cunningham) has got a genealogy site that runs all the way back to the first Cunningham in my family to come to the states. If you are interested in seeing if we cross genes in anyway just let me no and I can get you that link!

Bishop

**Galician** · 30th January 08, 08:04 AM

Prayers for your grandmother's safe and successful surgery.

**cacunn** · 30th January 08, 01:12 PM

Originally Posted by berserkbishop

I dont know much about cataract surgery but I am praying that it all goes routinely.

Cataract Surgery is fairly routine now a days. My wife's Aunt had one eye done a few months ago with no problems. Everything is fine and the other eye is scheduled sometime soon.

I send prayers to you and your Grandmother.

**SteveB** · 30th January 08, 11:42 PM

Best of health and success for your Grandmother!

She is doing fantastic work on the kilt. Looks like she read Barb T's Book and is following it to the T from what I can see in the pictures.

BB sewing is not as hard as some make it out to be. Best to start with some cheap fabric and simply practice stitching ends together. After a very short time the creative juices start rolling, and some useful stuff happens. A very boring two weeks resulted in my first hand sewn kilt, that I am still wearing. After some minor fight, I have made a few machine sewn casual kilts. Still takes some hand stitching where the machine can't reach.
--- Steve