This is advice from someone who uses a micrometer to measure the pleats when sewing a kilt - but I think that some of the pleats could do with the stripes centring.

You'll need to assess which side of the panel requires adjusting - or perhaps both might need to be done to get things right.

I correct edges by first pressing the crease out, starting at the lower edge and smoothing the fabric just a little further than it looks to be out of line, then measuring and pinning back from the edge so the pins don't get pressed, then I place the edge on a board - just a strip of the stuff from inside a bolt of fabric covered in cotton. That means that the edge is pressed in isolation.

I would not be concerned about the pleat with the seam as long as it lies right when worn - the seam will be more rigid than the unsewn fabric and so could easily make the pleat look awry when on a hanger.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: