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Our Hand Stitched KiltsOur Hand Stitched Kilts
Our hand stitched kilts are made by skilled craftsmen in the heart of Scotland. All are made to order and generally take six weeks from order to despatch. See here to understand why our kilts are so good!

Our kilts can be pleated to the sett in the traditional manner or pleated to the stripe in the military manner. We can even take the military style a stage further and add rosettes in the style of the Black Watch.

Our kilts are tailored with full deep pleats necessary to assure the graceful swing that is the hallmark of a good kilt. Standard kilts have 8 yards but larger sizes require nine or ten yards. In an eight-yard kilt the pleats alone contain over seven yards of cloth and are therefore quite heavy. A good kilt maker needs to ensure that these pleats won't sag over time. To this end heavy canvas is pad stitched along the back behind the lining at the top of the pleated area. Furthermore each pleat is backstitched to its neighbour. You can readily tell if this has been done if you can insert a pencil up behind the stitched portion of the pleated section. This process (known as 'lifting') is time consuming and adds to the cost of the kilt. Omit this and your kilt will look good at first, but will soon lose its shape.

The kilt is normally pleated 'to the sett' (this is where the pleats are arranged so that the sett of the tartan is maintained as shown here) but you may have it pleated 'to the stripe' (this was the usual manner for regimental kilts where the back of the kilt was pleated to show a broad stripe - the sett only appearing when the pleats opened when the kilt was 'swinging').

Our special order tartans are made from cloth woven specifically for you on an old shuttle loom. This has the traditional kilt selvedge that is almost invisible and is essential to the purist.

Our master kilt maker has years of experience in measuring and sizing people. He has this MEASUREMENT FORM advice to help you order your kilt online. (The prices below are for an 8 yard kilt which will fit up to size 47 inch hips. Larger sizes are no problem - just email for a quote.)

Special Weave
For this service we need the Tartan Name and International Tartan Index number. As a first step you may wish to search the International Tartan Index for this information. We have a minimum order of only 5 metres for this service. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to email us.
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Kilt Medium Weight Kilt Medium Weight
Hand stitched kilts made-to-measure in a wide range of stock tartans
Kilt Medium Weight Rare TartansKilt Medium Weight Rare Tartans
Hand stitched kilts made to measure from House of Edgar's Old and Rare Tartan range
Kilt Heavy Weight 16ozKilt Heavy Weight 16oz
A hand stitched kilt made from a range of stock tartans in 16oz cloth
Kilt Heavy Weight StromeKilt Heavy Weight Strome
A beautiful hand made kilt made from Lochcarron' premium range - Single Strome Tartan
Kilt Special Weave Tartan 16ozKilt Special Weave Tartan 16oz
A luxury handstitched kilt made from tartan specially woven to your requirements in 16oz wool on an old loom
This is one of our customers wearing his kilt on the Great Wall of China.
Kilt Regimental WeightKilt Regimental Weight
Regimental Weight Kilt in 18oz tartan


Available in Black Watch, Gordon, Cameron of Erracht, MacKenzie Seaforth, Stewart Hunting, Royal Stewart.