Hi all, I'm just asking for some advice about the pleating I did for this in the picture below. Despite taking care to keep the margins straight on each pleat, once it was done, there were some uneven folds. I (somewhat, maybe, foolishly) took the advice of another kiltmaker who presses as she goes, and lightly pressed the pleats after basting. I have just got past the stage of basting the shaping in the apron and underapron and am about to do the steeking.

You can see from the picture that on one pleat, the most egregiously affected, I folded it closer and stitched a running basting stitch parallel to the pleat to hold it. I have also seen other kiltmakers who make traditional box pleats baste every pleat parallel to the pleat, rather than the usual basting that otherwise dominates the picture.

I am asking therefore, should I remove all the basting, press out the creases, and re-do the basting? What say ye?