As am I if you would want a different approach.
Regardless if I am going to make a machine sewn or a hand sewn kilt I do my lay-out on a large table. I mark my facings aprons and all my pleats using a paper jig from my calculations.
All the pleats are marked for width below the Fell and the taper in the Fell.
I then press all my pleat edges. This gives me a firm, sharp pleat edge that is easy to work with and very accurate.
When I hand stitch (and remember, I am left handed) I use about 6 or 7 pins per pleat. Below the bottom of the Fell I baste, or pin with safety pins, my pleats before I sew the Fell Tapers.
Please notice that I use the Old School English Ring style thimble on the ring finger of my left hand.
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