High Vis Kilt

[Good Egg]

I've made a couple of kilts - the first was a camouflage one for a Hash House Harriers (H3) Highland Games in Northern Cyprus and the second was for an H3 Burn's Supper in England

Its made with Yellow Hi Vis material, the sporran is an old army one covered in orange hi-vis sticky back plastic.

H3 is a drinking club that does a bit of running in order to work up a thirst, hence the Hi Vis kilt.

I down loaded instructions from the interweb and used my more conventional kilts as templates. It was reasonably easy but I can imagine that a Tartan kilt would be a 'mare trying to get the stripes right.

Unfortunately there were no pictures showing the kilt to its best effect but this 'un is not bad:



This 'un a bit small but...:



I attached pictures but they have not appeared. The pictures can be vied at: http://www.r2d2h3.com/ Enter the website and press to view the Burns 2008 photos. It won't be hard to identify which are of a short fat middle aged fellah in a Hi Vis kilt. You will also see Mrs Courtmount in her H3 Highland finery, but I'm not saying which one she is!

[Finn]

CourtMount~
I can't see the pics.

[Arlen]

There's the pictures up for you. Bit of a problem with the double HTTP (I do that all the time, I hate it.)


I am surprised that a high vis kilt manages to actually look like a kilt.
You did a grand job there!

[Finn]

Yeah! They work! Who'd a thunk it?
Cool!

[JerseyLawyer]

Amazing work. But boy, they'll see you coming from a mile away.

[Coemgen]

Wow! Good on ya!

[Monkey@Arms]

I really like the matching sporran! Great job!

Best regards,

Jake

[kfreeouf]

It's a true opposite of my SWK NightStalker.
I love it! Can you provide a source for the fabric? I think I need one of these!
Semper Fi,
Keith

[Good Egg]

Tracking down the fabric was actually quite difficult here in the UK and I bought the end of a bolt. To get it to hang better I doubled the material up so that the bottom is on a fold. I did not iron any of the pleats around the back in, but ironed wonder web into the pleats around the front to ensure that they hold. I also wonder webbed the whole of the front so that the 2 layers are bonded together.

I have no idea where you could get the material from Stateside - get googling!

There is a company making 'workwear' kilts http://www.clothes4work.com/blaklade...FSZWMAod53Hg6A but as they are not sticking to the conventional design I won't be recommending them. (The material they used is not long enough and the front is too short, but I quite like the pockets)

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[cessna152towser]

Certainly cutting a dash in that shiny yellow kilt and red sporran.