Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post
From the picture on stage it is a bit hard to tell for certain but I'm pretty sure your kilt is not P/V but some other synthetic material.
I'm also pretty sure it was not an overly expensive custom made kilt.

That said there is good news and bad news.

The good news is that it is unlikely that the pleats are cut away on your kilt. Most of the mass produced kilts from overseas do not have the pleats cut away.
This would mean that you can indeed rip out the pleat stitching, spread the pleat width a bit, and re-stitch the kilt.

It also appears from the photo that the Fell of your kilt is not sewn down at all. If the pleats are simply gathered into the waistband this is the bad news.
What you may need to do in this case is take the kilt completely apart and start from scratch.

You said you are handy. Would you like to give kiltmaking a try?
I took a closer look at the kilt last night.

It's acrylic not PV.

The pleats are not cut away. In fact, there are just two machine stitches holding the pleats down using black thread sewn along one of the black lines. The pleats are also pretty deep - at least three inches. I might be able to deconstruct the kilt and change the pleating pattern to another stripe or just make fewer pleats to get the width I need.

I have actually been thinking about making a kilt and have bought The Art of Kiltmaking. This might be a good first project for me.