Forgive me if this has already been addressed on another thread, although I suspect I would have come across it if it had.

I have a question about the construction of the 18th century belted plaid.

I understand that the cloth was woven with a selvedge.

But if a length of single width cloth were cut in two for the plaid, there would then be two edges of cloth without a selvedge.

How were these edges finished?

I would also like to know what method of stitching (if any in particular) was used for the joining of the two single width lengths into the double width plaid.

Cheers for all your comments in advance,
Maxim.