X-Kilt protype #3, 'round the authors bum

[Alan H]

OK, here's the revised and improved X-Kilt, in navy blue cotton/poly twill. This kilt incorporates suggestions about apron shaping and apron width put forth by X-Marks members. Those suggestions echo'd what I myself had thought, so it's great to get the confirmation, so to speak.







Aside from the waistband (which I'll be changing in kilt #4...the final prototype, and in the instructions) and the under-apron pleat depth, this is pretty much exactly what an X-Kilt should look like. This one looks a lot better than the canvas ones...#1 and #2, I think.

Man do I ever look grumpy in those pictures!**laughing** The last pic is a little bit fuzzy, not sure why. The plan is to take this kilt backpacking in a week and a half and see how it does.

Alan

[turpin]

That is one nice piece of work, Alan. Question: is it just the photo angle, or the way you are standing, that makes the apron look longer than the rest of it in Pics 1 and 2?

[Alan H]

That is one nice piece of work, Alan. Question: is it just the photo angle, or the way you are standing, that makes the apron look longer than the rest of it in Pics 1 and 2?

It looks longer because I'm wearing it a touch too low. It should be right at my navel, and I have it pushed down about an inch....thus the long-looking apron.

Tug it up to where it's SUPPOSED to be and that little issue goes away.

[Juggalotus]

I'm liking it. The changes since V.1 are nice. Can't wait to get my hands on the directions to see what I can do.

Thanks Alan.

[AllenJ]

That is one nice piece of work, Alan. Question: is it just the photo angle, or the way you are standing, that makes the apron look longer than the rest of it in Pics 1 and 2?

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it!

I like how the first pleats on either side of the apron dont look 'strained' like they did on the others. Looks to be a much better hang. How deep are the pleats?

[Southern Breeze]

It looks good. I really like the changes.

[Alan H]

That's exactly what I thought when I first saw it!

I like how the first pleats on either side of the apron dont look 'strained' like they did on the others. Looks to be a much better hang. How deep are the pleats?

They're about 1.5 inches deep. That's not very deep, but remember that this is a box pleat kilt. If you really want, when you build yours you can make them deeper, and build in some overlap. The downside to that is that up near the waistband where you taper th epleats, you'll then have a LOT of doubled-up thicknesses of material, and that gets to be a PIA to sew.

In the revised instructions I'm chainging them so that the forward-facing folds of the first and last box pleats are a full 3 inches deep. You don't taper the first and last pleat, so the extra ofverlap isn't so much of an issue. Combining that extra depth with a deeper under-the-over-apron pleat, should solve the little issue of the first pleat "pooching" out a bit, which I put up with on this kilt. It's not bad and certainly no worse than what a Utilikilt does, but it'd be nice to minimize it.

I know of two X-Kilts currently under construction, so we'll see what folks turn out.

[Cinnabar]

Good show. Now that I see it, I like the wider apron. Looks more classic. Keep up the great work!

[HeathBar]

Sweeeet!

[cessna152towser]

That's a good looking kilt.