Those folds at the edges of the aprons are there to open up as you move, climb stairs, sit down, rather than the aprons being pulled aside - not as sources of extra material.
It might seem strange that a garment with so much fabric in it can be unable to go all the way around the wearer, but by folding and sewing all that fabric is shrunk down to quite a small width.
I'd advise waiting and watching for a kilt which is your size or slightly bigger, but the correct length - unless you plan to cut the carbs and reduce your waist size - though I found that so effective that my waist size was reducing faster than I could sew new garments.
A kilt has so much tailoring, reinforcing, shaping that you need to get a good fit rather than trying to create one.
If considering a slightly larger kilt if you can find one which is pleated to the stripe rather than to the sett it is going to be aa better buy.
Kilts pleated to the sett have the same element of the sett centered front and back - or they ought to have. By making them smaller the both centres are moved to the right, making it impossible to align them. With a pleated to the stripe kilt the problem is not seen.
Anne the Pleater :ootd:
I presume to dictate to no man what he shall eat or drink or wherewithal he shall be clothed."
-- The Hon. Stuart Ruaidri Erskine, The Kilt & How to Wear It, 1901.
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