Quote Originally Posted by Nathan View Post
It's probably because you're expecting the kilt to sit at your jeans waist and not your true waist. The traditional Kilt is really meant to be worn much higher than jeans and your rise is probably correct. If you hem a kilt, the selvedge looks odd. THe correct way to lower the rise is from the top and this can be costly.

Steve Ashton (Wizard of BC here) owns Freedom Kilts. If you really want to wear your kilt on your hips rather than at your true waist, he can make you a kilt that is designed for just that.
My PV kilts already have a blind stitch hem so I'm hoping that taking them up a few inches won't be too difficult. I've seen other threads on this site where people have done it and it looks good.
As I said to the other fella, my issue isn't with being used to jeans sitting at my hips. I like the kilt at my true waist but my drop is so short. 21.5" between belly button and buttom of my knee that a 24" kilt sits up almost to my nipples. I have an unusually short torso and long legs. It makes me a powerhouse when I'm riding a bicycle but hard to find a good fitting kilt without custom tailoring, which I can't afford right now.