The Art of Kiltmaking

[starbkjrus]

Have you ever pricked your finger with a needle while sewing? On a sewing machine?!

I have.

I have no intentions of ever making my own kilt BUT this book is a must have. Buy it. 'nuff said. ith:

[Chas]

I agree with everything said. I recently received a new kilt; because I had previously read the book, I could spot all the faults and have them corrected by a third party. Otherwise I would have lost a lot of money.

Regards

Chas

[Tetley]

Have you ever pricked your finger with a needle while sewing? On a sewing machine?!

I have.

I have no intentions of ever making my own kilt BUT this book is a must have. Buy it. 'nuff said. ith:

Every kilt demands a blood sacrifice

I am using the excellent book and I'm on my fourth kilt. All so far have been knife edge pleats but when my xmarks tartan fabric finally catches up with me (don't ask, it's a long story) I'll be trying a box and double-box pleat kilt as well as two knife edge pleat kilt pleated to different stripes.

It's a great book!

Mark

[Dixiecat]

Have you ever pricked your finger with a needle while sewing? On a sewing machine?!

You talk as if you're the only person who's done that! Pricking your finger is to sewing like paper cuts are to office work. Everything I've made is considered incomplete unless I've shed a little blood.

But, on topic, I must agree, the Art is wonderful.

[Riverkilt]

Ahhh, the olde man's memories. As a youth I worked in a cut and sew factory. There were few men among the 200+ women working there. Somehow, it became my job to drive injured women to the hospital. From time to time someone would sew their fingers together with an industrial power sewing machine. Not pretty. They'd have to cut the threads binding them to the machine to get loose. The bosses had asked them all not to scream or shreak if they injured themselves and to try not to bleed on the gaments - sweat shop - didn't want 200 women to stop working to see what was wrong. Some screamed in pain anyway...some would just walk up to me holding their bloody fingers.

Hospital would cut the threads apart, pull them out, and dress the multiple wounds.

Guess you can't work around a sewing machine without eventually having it bite you.

[piperdbh]

My brother and I used to work in a screen printing and embroidery shop. I did the printing; he did the embroidery. Once he got a needle stuck through and broken off in a fingertip bone. That had to hurt!