Hi all,

Before beginning a foray into any other sort of kiltmaking, I thought I'd try my skills at the (hands down) most thorough instructions out there- nevermind the fact that I rather like the look of the X-Kilt. I'm just about finished tapering the waist at present, and will have some construction pics as soon as I get my SD card for my camera back- this thing is really starting to look good, even if it is just made from some random gray fabric I had laying about.

I do have one question though- the "first" and "last" pleats (the ones that butt up against the apron) confuse me a little. I'm not entirely sure what Alan H is getting at in the X-Kilt manual (or in the thread by another poster here) as to how to shape the pleat that goes under the apron.

I've currently got the first and last pleats tacked to the edge of the 3" section outside either pleat- (the 'top line' of the section labeled "front-facing, inner fold of first pleat is 3" and the bottom line of the corresponding 3" margin next to the inner apron, on the marking diagram on p29 of the X-Kilt book), but am I reading it right that the "under-pleat" section on each of these is supposed to be a full 3"? (i.e., instead of tacking the pleat to the outside line, said outside line becomes the fold line inside and overlaps the underpleat between pleats 1 and 2) The 'reverse pleat' for the front apron that I have currently has a fair bit of extra material on it which is currently sort of in the way of the velcro closure. I'm just looking to make sure I've got the right idea before I go so far as to tack on a waistband, and I'd much rather rip out the stitching I have now (all of 1/2" of bar tacking on each side) than get it wrong in my head. ^^