Too small - wear at hips or modify?

[kiltedrennie]

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.

[Liam]

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.

I would suggest selling or donating it to someone who it would fit properly (not me).
BTW, is your surname Rennie (as mine is) or are you using "rennie" as a shortened/slang form of renaissance?

Cheers....Bill

[kiltedrennie]

I would suggest selling or donating it to someone who it would fit properly (not me).
BTW, is your surname Rennie (as mine is) or are you using "rennie" as a shortened/slang form of renaissance?

Cheers....Bill

Rennie is short for Renaissance. My first kilt was a great kilt that I wear to the Michigan Renaissance Festival as a playtron. My surname is actually Miller. My MacQueen Scottish heritage is from the maternal side.

[Liam]

Rennie is short for Renaissance. My first kilt was a great kilt that I wear to the Michigan Renaissance Festival as a playtron. My surname is actually Miller. My MacQueen Scottish heritage is from the maternal side.

So I guess if I attend a Renaissance Festival. I could refer to myself as a RennieRennie, or a Rennie Squared.....

[kiltedrennie]

So I guess if I attend a Renaissance Festival. I could refer to myself as a RennieRennie, or a Rennie Squared.....

LOL! That's awesome!

[kiltedrennie]

I've decided not to do anything for now. I'll probably purchase a new correctly sized MacQueen and keep my first around in case I drop the 30 pounds I should. I did it once before, I can do it again!

[FinleyJackson]

I understand that, I am getting ready to purchase a new kilt and keep putting it off thinking that if I buy one now and I lose weight ......... I keep intending to lose 40 lbs but it seems that I am finding it instead.