Belt loops in a belted plaid/great kilt

[@maydavies888]

What a beautiful tartan! Thanks for the tutorial.🙏

[@jhohlkennedy]

Sure thing, you are most welcome.

[@TheSVgregor]

I like your ideas. Efficient and practical. Make wearing the great kilt even that much more practical! Good kilt vid.

[@jhohlkennedy]

Thanks! I’m learning as I go…

[@davidguymon1673]

Thanks for doing this video. Yours is the only one I could find where it shows a great kilt having belt loops sewn on. When I get me one I'm going to do this for camping purposes.

[@jhohlkennedy]

Happy to help. Please also check out Isaac Walters “Donning the fèileadh”. 👍🏽

[@silverjinglebobspur1]

Absolutely brilliant.

[@jhohlkennedy]

Thanks!

[@LifeisbetterwithaMalinois]

Awesome haircut dude!! Great video

[@jhohlkennedy]

Thanks!

[@MatthiasJRichter]

Very inspiring! Thank you!

[@jhohlkennedy]

You’re very welcome.

[@eturnerx]

Thanks for the video. I've been considering adding loops to my kilt to make camping easier. Have you tired internal drawstrings? Was wondering if those would be worth the effort: sew in yoke, thread in two opposing drawstrings that pull like a curtain, "set" the strings.

[@jhohlkennedy]

You are very welcome, I am pleased that it is useful. I have not tried a drawstring but we willing to give it a go. If you do it, I would love to see the finished product. 👍🏽

[@eturnerx]

Internal drawstring is a bit beyond my sewing and drapery ability atm. Will try the belt loops first.

[@jhohlkennedy]

@@eturnerx Good luck! Have fun!

[@MultiOhioman]

Great for camping.

[@jhohlkennedy]

Indeed!

[@LadyToni7777]

I have some fabric for an earasaid and I was wondering if one could use a draw string through a binding tape on the inside? Would you have any thoughts on that?

[@jhohlkennedy]

Hello, I do have thoughts and they are based on what I’ve done here in this video. What I have done in the video works, but in the end is no more rapid than me, folding it on the bed. Having a drawstring would help if I did not have a surface on which to lay the plaid.

[@LadyToni7777]

I am going to try and make beltloops with #5 pearl cotton. This way they won't be seen as readily I hope.@@jhohlkennedy

[@jhohlkennedy]

Good luck! When I sewed mine into the plaid, I had very little sewing skill and the result is obvious. :) @@LadyToni7777

[@matthewdenty7760]

Have you pleated a feileadh mòr and stitched the pleats in place before

[@jhohlkennedy]

Hi! I have and wasn’t happy with it so I took them out. 🤷🏽‍♂️😉

[@jhohlkennedy]

Pardon me, I meant to add to my last comment. For me, having the pleats permanently stitched-in defeats the purpose of having it as a blanket. Pleating it only takes me 1-2 minutes anyway.

[@bluesSGL]

Do you ever wear a feileidh-beag?

[@jhohlkennedy]

I wear the belted plaid/great kilt as you see here but mostly I wear traditional kilts: 4-yard-box pleated, low- and high-yardage knife pleated.

[@danpictish5457]

Great! Mo'ran taing!

[@jhohlkennedy]

Go ndéanaidh a mhaith duit!

[@danpictish5457]

@@jhohlkennedy ’S e do bheatha. (Scotts Gaidhlig)

[@jhohlkennedy]

@@danpictish5457 That one is the same on Irish as well. 😁

[@danpictish5457]

@@jhohlkennedy Sgoinneil agus Math bfhein!

[@leonstevens1382]

The colors are too vivid for great kilts. If any tartan at all, the colors should be organic, I.e. plant-based. The belt loops seem intrusive.

[@jhohlkennedy]

I'm not sure how many of my videos you've seen yet. There's a couple of points that I should clarify in case you've only watched this one: 1. I'm not a historian and am not a re-enactor. I am not a researcher. I'm a curious person who benefits from the research of actual researchers and also from my lived experience. ---> that's the important one! 2. The colours are fine. Indeed, the majority of "clan" tartans didn't exist when everyday folks wore the plaid. But plant-based dyes can be very vibrant and bright -- just talk with anyone who works with plant-based dyes. Further, there's documentation from the 16th-17th century that clearly states that the plaids were made of vibrant colours AND other plaids were far more muted -- maybe solid colour, in fact. 3. The belt loops aren't intrusive. You may not like them (and that's fine) but this video wasn't made to satisfy a viewer's desires: it was made to show how I -- clumsily -- stitched-in belt loops into a polyviscose plaid. I doubt that folks used to lay their plaids out on the bed, ground, floor, etc. and hand-pleat them every time they wore them. Researchers (not I, since I only benefit from the work of proper researchers) suspect that there could've been some other *thing* going on: belt-loops/keepers, drawstrings, whatever that would have helped (a) keep the plaid in place whilst wearing and (b) aided in the donning of said garment. Regards.

[@keaganmacgregor2725]

Looks terrible. Sorry.

[@jhohlkennedy]

I'm not sure what you're after with your comment -- it doesn't offer anything at all. I am not a historic re-enactor, am not a historian, and do not play on on TV. I'm curious about the garment and usually try to incorporate it into modern wear. I am very interested in the history and historic use of the garment which is why I sewed-in belt loops per the suggestion of others who ARE more knowledgeable about history, to give them a try. My goal was NOT to be historically accurate but simply to try the experiment. I was not trying to be in a fashion contest.