Made a Casual Semi Trad Canvas +/- 6g Kilt

[David White]

Very nice O'Neille!
Say, how hard was it to do the taper in the pleats?

[O'Neille]

Very nice O'Neille!
Say, how hard was it to do the taper in the pleats?

It wasn't bad and I've got a decent taper 41" to a 33" sometimes 32 so I made it snug and it still stretched some. First you just figure out which ones your going to taper to get it small enough in the waist. Mine turned out to be the first and last 3 and every other one between. So I'd mark out my 3cm and 11cm from there if it is a tapered pleat I'd mark it .5cm farther out each side and pin the new marks together remembering to only go 2.5cm on the next measurement because I was already .5 over that direction. Then on the full pleat I'd take that mark over to the 11cm mark pin it and repeat until I got the the last 3 pleats. I figure it took me only about 2-3 minutes per pleat to mark them and fold them. I used 3 large basting "safety pins" in each one to keep it simple. We're talking straight line from waist to hip and hip to selvedge. so I only needed 3 pins each. Last night I found another site after I was all done that would have made it easier but the reading would have added more time so it's a wash. http://users.telenet.be/jbruyndonckx/kilt_making.html
Are you taking the next step and making one? O'Neille