Updated my kilt page

"BEI Design" > When I took a look at my kilt pages earlier today (after

Thanks. Though there are some who might not, I am really looking forward to the next two. By the time I make the kilt for DGS I should be fairly adept, maybe I won't have to refer to the book with every new stage. ;-}

love love LOVE the tutorial. thank you for sharing! is her jacket a self drafted pattern??

(blush) my pleasure.

The Highland jackets for dancers are mostly c__p! I had two, one by "Heather" and the other by "Unique". Neither was going to do it for me.

I started out with a Claire Shaeffer Vogue jacket pattern, then tweaked it for the required details: The whole underarm gusset thing just makes me gag, so I altered the sleeve to add the extra ease without the extra seam. And of course, added the boning, round neckline, braid trim, scallops, etc. I saved the altered pattern, but sadly she will never need another jacket, she is done dancing, too much stuff going on in high school. :-(

Beverly, who knows, she may decide to return to dancing in the future, once she has tried other things. And you also may have a DGD to make kilts and jackets. :) big grin!

Emily

I assume you meant DGGD (Dear Great-GrandDaughter). :-P

Sadly that is very unlikely. DGD expresses no desire at all (actual antipathy) to propagating the line. There is still a chance with DGS, but his offspring will be unlikely to want to dance. :-(

As my husband has often said, "The future has changed many times."

That would be my fervent wish!

I always thought younger DD would change her mind (she was completely turned off of childbirth while witnessing her sister's very difficult births, and swore she would NEVER get pregnant). Then she married a man who did want children very much, and she agreed to at least one. But so far (after 6 years of wedded bliss) no pitter-patter of little feet. Well, except for the King Charles Cavalier Spaniel. The puppy is darling, but ...

Yes, DGGD. I do make a mistake once in a great while. LOL

If my little almost 3-yr old even wants a kilt, I know where to get help; at least I hope so.

Emily

Remember, Beverly, I've mentioned all three of my DDs had been married 6-7 years when they had their first ones, and the younger DS & his wife had their 1st one just a few weeks before their 13th anniversary and then another 10 before their 2nd one was born. He says, "GOD had a plan." The little one will celebrate her 3rd BD just 9-days before my 80th.

Emily

DD was 35 when they married, her biological clock is fast running out of time. I NEVER broach the subject with them, so I don't know if they are trying or just letting nature take her course. Que sera, sera...

If you ever make a *real kilt*, I would highly recommend the same book I used, "The Art of Kiltmaking"

Lots of good illustrations, good descriptions, and a blow-by-blow sequence to get the job done. However, it's far easier to make a kilted skirt... Just sayin'

My best friend from college and I both turned 42 this summer. Her son will be 2 in December and his younger sibling will arrive early next year. (she's due on my Dad's birthday; and her son was born on Mike's birthday!) Another friend of ours didn't have her daughter till she was 49. So who knows. ;)

And EXCELLENT job not mentioning it. I have a good friend who has one of those type of helicopter mothers. Yowza.

You could start making clothing for the granddog. ;)

Sharon

Damn! Another old pincushion gone, and it missed its mark as well. I guess I'll have to start using old pinking shears as ammo. :->

........tough crowd. LOL

Sharon

My oldest DD wanted a kilt when she was about 12 YO and I made her a skirt as described in the 2nd site you sent me. I had forgotten about it till we were talking about kilts and she reminded me, she still has the skirt she says. The other DDs never asked for one and neither have the DGDs, but there is still the 2-YO. Emily

I made my DD a "kilt" (not formally a kilt, really more a kilted-skirt-with-apron) when she was about 6 or 7. I had no idea she had saved it until my six-year-old grandson turned up wearing it at the Portland Highland Games one year. What a thrill that was! Soon (or not) he will finally have a real kilt.

You ain't seen nothin' yet...

I had my first child at 33, the second at 40. That last time, as I lay on the operating table, the gas-passer says to me, "Aren't you a little old to be doing this?" I eyeballed him and asked, "Aren't you a little short on tact?" I spent the rest of the time shouting "Don't forget the tubal!!"