X-Kilt: Sew Your Own, manual available for download

[federkeil]

I'm in the process of making a red twill x-kilt with the selvedge showing on the bottom.

Just bar tacked the pleats at the fell but ended up 1-3/4" over my Rump measurement (48" Rump, 49-3/4" Measured cloth).

[DaveMurray]

You're pretty deep into it. You might be able to fudge it a bit at the end. I've only made two and I did them back to back and still "messed up" the second one, but was able to fix it in the end. Best of luck to you and your x-kilt!!!

[federkeil]

You're pretty deep into it. You might be able to fudge it a bit at the end. I've only made two and I did them back to back and still "messed up" the second one, but was able to fix it in the end. Best of luck to you and your x-kilt!!!

I didn't really mess up though, I gained 3/4 of an inch on the pleats by being off by 1/8th of an inch on some of them (which is within tolerance of the instructions), the other inch came from the "A" shaping of the apron (which isn't accounted for in the calculations).

If I need to I can always shrink the apron but if I wait till it's done I'd have to redo the tapering.

[Alan H]

Just shrink the apron by an inch, and don't worry about it! 3/4 of an inch of wiggle room around your rumpus is just fine.

[keltic]

I'm working on my xkilt, very happy with everything so far. I just measured after sewing the inner folds of the pleats, and discovered that it was too big. so I walked away, kept reading the manual, kept thinking about it, and went back with the tape measure. I got overzealous with the pleats. I needed 9, I somehow made 10. easy enough to rip one out, but I got pretty happy with the reverse button when I was tacking the pleats down.

I'm having trouble envisioning how to fold the big under apron pleat for the outer apron. any help? tips? visual examples?