Pleating options and double-checking calculations for kilt-like kilted skirt

[Barb T]

Hi,

Were you intending to stitch the pleats according to the method in The Art of Kiltmaking? If so, you haven't done it the way that's shown in the book. It looks like you've folded and pinned a pleat and are stitching it down to just one thickness of the tartan (but maybe I'm misinterpreting your picture?). In the book, the instructions are to fold the next pleat to the correct width and sew the previous pleat to the newly folded one through two thickness so that you can run your hand along the edge of the pleat as you sew, rather than bunching all the fabric up in your left hand. Stitching through only one thickness is a method I would use for a box pleated kilt but not for knife pleats.

Anyway, here's an illustration of the method in the book: