Since you ask - not wishing to derail the thread, but to make my own kilts I tend to look for fabrics which are more flexible than canvas - thicker threads, more easily bent cloths, as they are easier to work with.

Once you have done a few kilts and are familiar with how you need to shape the kilt to fit well then it is not so important, but it is not easy to make a fine thread close woven fabric into pleats which lie straight and true without quite a bit of easing and tweaking off the grain.

Anne the Pleater :ootd: