Under Apron Hem?

[Farlander]

Well, now that I mostly survived Elsie's class, I am almost done with my first tank. Yea!

In class, I did not finish things, so here I am at home trying to follow The Art of Kiltmaking. In class, I finished the 'steeking', and started to apply the canvas. Well, now the canvas is in, and the front apron is done. The under apron is mostly done. I happen to have a Tewksbury box pleat kilt to compare things to (not the same of course, but the aprons should be similar).

Looking at the box pleat kilt, I see that the under apron, at the folded edge down at the selvage, has been turned up to make a small dart shape hem. Here is a picture of the back side of the under apron and the mini hem:


I do not see this mini hem in the instructions in the book. Am I missing something, or is this hem optional? Is the hem a good idea?

[Paul Henry]

the main reason this is done, is to prevent the inner apron's bottom edge showing below the top apron.
It's not always needed , but I confess that I normally turn the hem up a little , just in case, it's become a habit now.If that is one of the last things you need to do, well done, it's a very simple turn up!
and of course , photos as soon as it is finished!

[Bugbear]

Yes, and I should know better than to post, but I put this hem and the other hem on the first pleat on my pre-fab kilt. It keeps the underapron from dropping below the top apron with certain movements.

I don't have a link handy to Barb's thread on those hems, but it is posted here on the forum.

*, Sorry, I had to find my file of links, so here you go.

Barb T.'s thread"the little bits of hem in a properly-made kilt"

[Barb T]

The instructions are in the book on page 83, under Option A.

[Farlander]

The instructions are in the book on page 83, under Option A.

Ah', you are absolutely correct! Option A on page 83 clearly shows what I need to do.

Thanks so much to everyone for the quick response!

[Chainsaw02]

Barb T,

My copy of the Art of Kilt is copyright 2001. Is this the latest addition?
Not wishing to highjack the thread, just a quick question.

Larry Dirr

[Farlander]

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My copy of the Art of Kilt is copyright 2001. Is this the latest addition?
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Ah', 2001 sounds like the first addition. I believe the second addition happened in 2007.

[Chainsaw02]

Thank you Farlander for the reply. I am wondering if the second addition is much different than the first? I guess I will have to purchase it to find out. I made four kilts with the first addition and they turned allright but there may be some improvements I can use. Thanks again.

Larry Dirr

[Chainsaw02]

I just checked the book's website and it appears to be a second printing and identical to the original printing. So I'll use the book I havehanks again.

Larry Dirr

[chasem]

The second printing pretty much corrects typos and clarifies some things, no huge differences that I recall.