I thought 'nothing to lose' so managed to take apart the 'skirt', and had enough top edge to remove most of the cut out sections. I pressed the cloth and thought I'd do a recce through Barb's book - on a trial run. As a result I have managed to 're-make' the cloth into a proper kilt. I'm quite pleased, and it was a really worthwhile exercise, especially figuring out the repeat and pleat depth. My only real problem was that I had to increase the depth of the waistband to about 1" to ensure that the last cut out sections were securely covered. As I wear it with a wide belt it's covered.I just loved the tartan colours so didn't want to waste it.I'll hopefully get a picture up when the galleries are sorted.