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Last edited by cacunn; 14th May 08 at 07:21 PM.
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 Originally Posted by Barb T.
I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.
You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.
Barb,
Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]
DWFII--Traditionalist and Auld Crabbit
In the Highlands of Central Oregon
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The late J. Charles Thompson has another way to shorten a kilt in his book (which I think every kilt wearer should read) "So you're going to wear the kilt"
I did that on an old kilt that shrank in the closet and I gave away. It worked for me for several years.
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Proudly monkeying with tradition since 1967.
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Those military kilts have a high rise to begin with - as much as 4 inches above the natural waist. If the WPG specifies the drop as total length, you may not have as much drop from waist as you think. It may be worth the shipping to see, as long as you can return it. Otherwise, if it's true drop being specified, you could cut off 2 inches and still have a two-inch rise and the kilt will sit in the same place.
Convener, Georgia Chapter, House of Gordon (Boss H.O.G.)
Where 4 Scotsmen gather there'll usually be a fifth.
7/5 of the world's population have a difficult time with fractions.
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Originally Posted by DWFII
Barb,
Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]
Remember that the apron and pleats taper from the hips to the center of the buckles and then is straight or even flares slightly in the rise above the center of the buckles. So, removing the top of the rise just makes the rise shorter - the kilt still rides at the waist at the center of the buckles, so the bottom still hangs to the same level.
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Barb,
Would you hem an 18 ounce kilt? How do you think it would turn out? What would it cost?
DWFII--Traditionalist and Auld Crabbit
In the Highlands of Central Oregon
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I'd really have to take a look at the tartan. Many 18 oz (regimental) tartans are really thick and almost blanket-like - very different from 16 oz tartan. And those wouldn't hem very well.
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Originally Posted by cacunn
Barb if it is a dark kilt, like a Black Watch, could you cut off an inch or so and run a line of small zig-zag machine stitches along a dark line?
Boy, I wouldn't. But that's just me. Even if it weren't obvious from a distance, every time I sat down, I would see it and be unhappy.
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