floor length womens kilts

[piperdbh]

Ha! You men are all dogs!

Not so! I'm an aardvark.

[Meggers]

Here's your Wisconsin state tartan:


I think it would look really pretty as a pencil skirt with maybe three or four wide pleats across the back of it.

Oooooo me likey...

actually it might be nice to have a skirt in this tartan considering it's more "legit" then if I just chose one that I like and went with that. lol.

Ok well my Scottish district first and then Wisconsin. Shoot, you guys, I already have two planned out. I better get out of here!

[Grizzly]

Meghan
Apologies for leading you astray but before you go dont forget the plaid and the brooches to go with the skirts. Then theres the boots or shoes and a nice purse.
um........ I am sure I have forgotten something.
regards
S

[Meggers]

Meghan
Apologies for leading you astray but before you go dont forget the plaid and the brooches to go with the skirts. Then theres the boots or shoes and a nice purse.
um........ I am sure I have forgotten something.
regards
S

Yes, I do believe you have forgotten the shirt

[sydnie7]

Earrings!

[Meggers]

Earrings!

a tartan shawl as well...to be worn on the days you decide to wear jeans!

[Grizzly]

Yes, I do believe you have forgotten the shirt

Dash it we've been rumbled chaps

[Meggers]

Dash it we've been rumbled chaps

sneaky but not sneaky enough!

On a side note, now that I have an idea of what I want to have in terms of a floor length skirt, how would I go about making it a reality? Choose a tartan and then.....???.......

[sydnie7]

The thread I linked earlier has some patterns (McCalls etc) that are a good starting point. I just went to Joann's and looked through pattern books for 4-gore long skirts, found several likely contenders and bought them all (on sale). The older skirts that we both so admire seem to have small pinch-pleats at the waist so I added a few inches to each gore for that. Instead of using the straight grain arrows on gore pattern pieces, I lined the side seams up on the straight grain (matching tartan lines from piece to piece) which put the center front and back on the bias. Not 90-degree bias but enough to create that pleasing diamond effect at the center front/back seams.

Couple of long seams, 7-inch zipper on one side, stay-stiched the pinch-pleats and then applied the interfaced waistband. I machine-stitched the hem on my madras test unit but most likely would use hem tape and hand-stitch the real thing.

If only doing it were as quick as writing it up. . .I really wanted to get one done for Ventura Games but that is looking less and less likely! Oh well, I didn't say which year LOL

[Meggers]

The thread I linked earlier has some patterns (McCalls etc) that are a good starting point. I just went to Joann's and looked through pattern books for 4-gore long skirts, found several likely contenders and bought them all (on sale). The older skirts that we both so admire seem to have small pinch-pleats at the waist so I added a few inches to each gore for that. Instead of using the straight grain arrows on gore pattern pieces, I lined the side seams up on the straight grain (matching tartan lines from piece to piece) which put the center front and back on the bias. Not 90-degree bias but enough to create that pleasing diamond effect at the center front/back seams.

Couple of long seams, 7-inch zipper on one side, stay-stiched the pinch-pleats and then applied the interfaced waistband. I machine-stitched the hem on my madras test unit but most likely would use hem tape and hand-stitch the real thing.

If only doing it were as quick as writing it up. . .I really wanted to get one done for Ventura Games but that is looking less and less likely! Oh well, I didn't say which year LOL

*head spins*

may I just mail the material to you and let you have at it? hahaha.

If only my sewing skills were better I could save a pretty penny