Somewhere in my heap of tartan fabric, torn strips and part done kilts I have a project which is going to be pleated to alternate stripes.

The options in the pleating were various, but by using alternate colour stripes there were a good number of pleats of a decent depth - it just worked well that way.

The more kilts I make for myself the more I feel that there is a definite 'best way' to pleat most pieces of tartan, or any cloth for that matter, and that when it is found everything falls into place neatly so the maker puts not exactly the least effort into the making of it, but is not struggling to get everything to be just so.

Although I doubt that many of my kilts will still be around in 60 years the webbing I use as a foundation at the waist of the heavier ones will probably eventually - be sitting in a landfill somewhere for a very long time - it can support 250 lb hanging from a loop of it.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: