Four yard box pleat help.

[MacWage]

Personally, I like my pleats between 3 and 3.5 inches visible per box. The first I made was 2 inches from a 6 inch repeat. I ended up with 11 pleats (making 22 sides to steam, which was a PAIN IN THE $$$$). My current personal projects will have 6 (Carolina), 7 (MacNeil), and 8 (X Marks) pleats per kilt. When I do the other half of the Caledonia (F & K, I think-> 6 inch repeat), I WILL either make it 1.5 repeats or doubled for 3 or 4 inch boxes.

With a solid (2-4 projects down the road for me and some black and some tweed for 2 kilts) I'd play with the numbers to get 7 pleats accross the back, using ONLY the outside/visible portion of the pleat. Then, triple that number for total measurement per pleat.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

What Barb says is right on, and sounds like how I would personally pleat that kilt if it were mine. 3" wide pleats are a nice size for a box pleat and the math works out well. Of course, this is going to vary based on your own measurements.

I'd try working the math with pleat widths anywhere from 2.5" to 3.75" and just see what works out easiest given your hip measurement.