Kilt Problem

[The Wizard of BC]

You may not have caught the hints that tpa and Barb T are giving you in posts 8 & 9 but there may be another problem other than straps.

Anytime you fold something on an angle a small corner will hang down behind. We see this at the Deep Pleat just behind the left, outer apron edge and at the Reverse Pleat just behind the right, under apron edge.



Many of the less expensive kilts have these small apron tips hanging down.

Sewing a tiny hem up into the kilt to fold these apron tips up and away is one of those things common to traditional kilts.

Barb T has a really good tutorial on these little bits of hem.

You can find it in the Professional Kiltmaker hints and tips section of the forum or by clicking here.


Before you go much further with pulling and yanking your straps, check to insure that these apron tips hanging down are not your problem.

You should also check to insure that there is a small turn up on the left edge of the under apron or that the under apron left edge is slightly shorter than the same edge on the outer apron.
If the under apron is longer than the outer apron there is your problem and no amount of tightening of the straps will fix it.