How to Make a Kilt [Scottish & Traditional] in 3 Easy Steps!

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Step 1

Before you start making your own kilt or tartan, know that you will need a lot of fabric because there will be many pleats in the kilt. For a person with a smaller waist, you will need approximately 3.5 yards of fabric.  On the other hand, you will need up to 5 yards of fabric for a fully grown man with a fuller waist. Now the first thing you need to do is choose the fabric of your choice. Now take your 

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sewing measurements correctly; you need to measure around the waist and length from your waist to your knees. For that matter, you need to measure your waist and the distance between your waist and knees.

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Step 2

Once you have bought the fabric and taken your measurements, now comes the actual work. You will need your supplies ready because here we will pleat the tartan.  So basically, there are two kinds of pleat patterns that are sett pleats and stripe pleats. In sett pleats, the front of the kilt is the same as the back in terms of pattern. In contrast, it is different in the strip pleats. 

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Step 2

Now you need to flatten the fabric with iron and start making pleats by pinning it with a needle or gluing them together. To sew this 5-yard fabric together, you need to pleat from left to right of your hip, now take the fabric and cut it just according to the size of your waist till your knees. Each pleat should be about six inches. Now the pleated area is to cover the entire back, and the unpleasant area covers your form.

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Step 3

Put the fabric on a flat surface and start pleating with correct measurements; note that there should be a total of 29 pleats, but you can always personalize it.  Once you have reached the desired number of pleats, you can iron them and pin these pleats together. You will do one more thing at this point: pin the pleats again 6 inches down where you have pinned them first. After that, you will sew the 

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pleats together from the areas where you have pinned them. Now this area will cover you back. You can either attach hooks with the one edge of the pleated area and with the unpleated area for the enclosure. Or you can use a belt to keep it in one place. Now, to do the finishing, fold and sew the edges of your tartan. The longer and the unpleasant end of the tartan go on your shoulder 

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to give you a fully traditional look. If you don’t want a traditional look, you can sew a petticoat or lining underneath it and sew attachments at the enclosure sites to give you a modern look.

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