Quote Originally Posted by New World Czech View Post
You have enough to make two kilts. 7-8 yards of single width length was cut in half and sewn together to make a 3 1/2-4 yard double width plaid and then worn, pleating was however it ended up when you gathered them. So you can have a belted plaid and sew the rest into another more modern kilt.
While all of you guys are considerably more experienced and savvy than I in this area, everywhere I look online says that for my rather broad/wide waist and height of 6'4'' I will need around 5-6 to do a good belted plaid. The more literature I read about older kilts constantly refers to the material being closer to 7. If to the sett is unrealistic for the belted I'll accept the judgement of the court and do to the line. But I can't even find instructions for pleating to the sett for any style of kilt. And the reason I asked on the forum was because I wanted to see if there were any free resources haha. I am Scottish after all. Very cautious with money - Craig Ferguson. (Even though this post clearly shows I'm a little overboard at times). I am intending the belted plaid to be my warm weather kilt, a million things go on up here fall through winter and I'm daft enough to don.