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Robb, After rearing 5 children and now have 7 grandchildren, I'm never surprised at the requests I've gotten over the years. Now, the older ones are over 21, and have their own lives, but the two younger ones ag6s, 11 and

1-YO. It was the 11-YO that made that request when she was just 6-YO. She gpt ir out of her closet last March when we went up to SC to visit.

She asked me if I would mind her sister wearing it when she turned 6, and I was too old to make her one. Her Dad had to leave the room, he was laughing so hard. I told her it would be okay.

Each one of the DGD have gone with me to storess to pick out fabrics and all were very explicit what they wanted me to sew.

The grand daughters of my siblings have often requested I make things for them, too. I taught 2 of them to sew, and gave them sewing machines, and they now use for their children.

Emily

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Emily Bengston
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You're very welcome, Robb. And, just so you know, I've made a straight jacket before. It's not hard. ;) You need some canvas duck, and 5 cheap "leather" belts that you can cut in half. (less expensive than buying buckles and strapping....we priced it out.) The trick was finding a way to sew through the belts. Luckily, I found a shoe repair guy who was willing to help me out. ;)

And just in case you're scared now, it was for the community theatre when we did "Don't Drink the Water." But don't think for a minute I let the two teenagers forget I know how to make one!!!! LOL

Sharon

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Sharon Hays

Sharon, I added four new pictures on how the leather straps are hand sewn to the kilt. It's not all that difficult, you use the smallest size on your leather punch to create two rows each of four tiny holes, then sew the strap to the cloth with upholstery thread in a specific pattern:

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And Robb, just FYI, those instructions are included in the book you have ordered. I will be happy to mentor you through your first one, but we may want to take it to e-mail I don't know how many others here are interested in the nitty-gritty details of kiltmaking.

Good one!

;-)

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BEI Design

Thanks Beverly,

That would be greatly appreciated.

The book arrived Saturday evening. I have given the book a quick scan so far and I now see why making a kilt correctly is a non-trivial task and *merely* :^) a daunting task to complete one at all.

When i get a bit deeper into the book and i have some meaningful questions i would definately appreciate some guidance.

I already have one question about which style to make but i guess it would be more courteous to ask in a new thread/topic .

robb

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robb

Let's be sure we are talking about the same book: The one I used is "The Art of Kiltmaking" by Barbara Tewksbury and Elsie Stuehmeyer.

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instructions and illustrations are very good. I was confused by a few of the steps and had to read some parts more than... a few... times. But eventually the light bulb went off. I'll dig my copy out of the kilt supplies storage box so we can both be "on the same page".

Saw it and answered, keep 'em coming. ;-)

One thing you don't want to skimp on is high quality REAL hair canvas. I used 72" wide Hymo French hair canvas bought locally, here's an online supplier of 66":

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don't need a lot, but you DO need it.

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BEI Design

robb a écrit :

Looks terrific , well done. Clap, clap, clap

Claire in Montréal France. http:// snipped-for-privacy@free.fr

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Claire Owen

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