Bill Catherall, Kiltmaker

I love making wee kilties!
Size 2T-3T
Tartan: Stewart Grey, to match his grandfather's kilt

Pleats are finished!

Starting on some dance kilts. This tartan was designed by @tartanchickadee

Happy Tartan Day! Here's some detail on how I reinforce the strap opening. After pressing the kilt I'll open the hole.

Pleats are finished. Time to work on the internal structure.

The next kilt is well underway. Scott red muted. I love sewing the pleats! I can just turn off my brain and work. This kilt is for one of my kids. Scott is our clan.

This Duncan kilt is finished and ready to ship to the client. Every tartan I work with grows on me in ways I never expect.

Pleats and aprons are finished on this Duncan kilt.

Sewing pleats is so meditative, but I need to occupy my mind. Today I'm listening to the Les Misérable audio book. In which Jean Val-Jean makes like a ninja turtle and carries Marius through the sewers of Paris.

After 2 months of machine sewing quilts, my sewing calluses have softened up. Just hand stitching the fringe really woke up my fingers! But it's good to be back to making kilts. A much more meditative practice. The front apron is finished and the pleats are set up and marked on this Duncan tartan.

I love the smell of tartan in the evening! Just got new tartan in from The House of Edgar.
The Lost Tartan, from their brand new Tartan Genesis Collection, featuring a selvage with a chevron weave. This is an historical way to weave the selvage, but it's only been available on custom weaves.

Sneak peek at a big upcoming project. A pipe band needs new kilts, their tartan is unwoven (not stocked by the mills), so it needs to be custom woven. Using Marton Mills to make it happen!

Great kilt Douglas Hebridean, dressed up in formal attire

Customer @jaywright.bsky.social looking stunning in a Douglas Hebridean great kilt at his Burns Night Supper! Great kilts DO dress up very nicely! Thanks for the inspiration Jay. If you're interested in getting started with or adding to your kilt attire, contact me, I'm happy to help!

This is what I have to deal with (still working on quilts, not kilts)

Temporary break from kilt making to help my wife with a quilt. We have 2 quilts to finish before Christmas and I need my sewing room back. 😜 The kilt I want to get finished is sitting patiently in the background.

The client just picked up their kilt. Custom made with a custom tartan: Chléirigh