kilts for Basic Training graduation

**cryerelizabeth** · 29th June 11, 03:41 PM

thanks for the advice

I'll send them a letter asking them

**jeremy j starche** · 29th June 11, 07:01 PM

Heh.. I really tried for a way to 'sneak' my dad's measurements when I was getting ready to order his kilt.

Somehow, that 'belly button to the middle of the knee' thing just happens to be a dead giveaway... so I came clean and he co-operated.

**Spartan Tartan** · 29th June 11, 07:07 PM

Just be honest and tell them that ordering kilts made to measure can, in some extreme cases, take over a year. Especially if the particular maker is busy, it could definitely take a long time. So (whether you order them or make them), if you "want them on time"

.you need their measurements so you can work with the kilt maker (tee hee, that's you) to get them made properly and on time.

**cryerelizabeth** · 29th June 11, 07:53 PM

I'm righting a letter just flat out asking them what their measurements are.

**piperdbh** · 29th June 11, 08:02 PM

So they're identical, you're not, and you're all triplets? That's pretty dadgone cool!

**cryerelizabeth** · 29th June 11, 08:13 PM

what would the yardage be if they were really skinny, I mean small. Would the kilts need about 5 yards of fabric or less?

**piperdbh** · 29th June 11, 08:23 PM

I am a 36" inch waist, and I have two box-pleated tartan kilts that each uses +- 4 yards, so your sisters' kilts, depending on the tartan/design and how deep the pleats are could use less than 4 yards each, especially if they're skinny-minnies.

When you get Barb's book you'll be able to figure the yardage needed very accurately.

**ChattanCat** · 30th June 11, 02:59 AM

Originally Posted by cryerelizabeth

what would the yardage be if they were really skinny, I mean small. Would the kilts need about 5 yards of fabric or less?

A kilt has two main factors that drive the amount of material that you will need. The hip measurement is usually larger than the waist and is used in the calculation. You will need to know the sett of the material too. You have a front apron width at the hips, some fabric on the edge, a deep pleat, material used for each pleat x number of pleats, some material for the join, reverse pleat, another apron and some more edges.

Every custom kilt is different for each particular body type, measurements and sett. I start with a swatch so that I can measure the sett. The amount per pleat depends on pleating to the sett or line. If it is to the line then it is just the amount of pleats x sett for the material in the pleats. If it is to the sett then add a few setts to the line calculation. I usually try for a 3/4 inch pleat width. The depth of the pleat depends on the sett.

Hope this helps,

**tripleblessed** · 29th June 11, 08:25 PM

I'd send them a letter saying that you mentioned them in a post on a forum you participate in (no mention of kilts) and people were surprised that there is any difference in triplets, and you just kind of blew it off and glossed over it, but later got to wondering how different the three of you actually are. And are they closer to each other's size than they are to yours. It could work, in your own words. Or that you saw an online post on proportion in human anatomy, and it said from the floor to the middle of your knee, from the middle of the knee to the navel, and from the navel to the tip of the nose are the same measurement (they're close for many), but it didn't seem that way for you, and you were wondering with their being identical it might be closer in them. You can make it work. Or you can just ask. Like you said. Honesty is still often the best policy.