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Ok, 11-2" pleats would give me a 12 inch apron, 12 would give me a 10" apron but I'm having a difficult time figuring out what the taper would be either way. Could somebody please crunch those numbers, PLEASE ???


CT - math is just one of the services we suck at

Hmmm, both kilts that i have made look like they came out of rehab centers, and not very reputable ones. They way I do the math....

11x2 = 22; 41 - 22 = 19 apron tapering to 12 inches at the waist

22 + 19 = 41 hips: 22 + 12 = 34 waist.

or....

12 x 2 = 24; 41 - 24 = 17 tapering to 10 inches at waist.

24 + 17 = 41 hips: 24 + 10 = 34 waist.

The Xmarks instructions say to taper the pleats in an orderly manner to get a rectangular apron the way I read them.

for 2/3 pleats 41/3 - 13.6666666666666666666666666666666666666

so about 26 inches of pleats, 15 of apron. then if your taper is in the apron, it has to be 8 inches at the waist flaring out to an "A" line of 15 inches.

or to put the taper in the pleats for a rectangular apron -

First and last pleat, no taper. Leaves 11 pleats to taper 7 inches.... 7/11 roughly .63 inches per or.....

pleats 2,3,4,5,6 .6 inch taper (3.0) pleat 6 1.0 (4.0 total) , pleats 7,8,9 10, 11 .6 inches (7.0 total taper) gives 7 inches... don't know if that is even workable.

With that drop, would prolly be stunning even if I sewed it up, but hopefully somebody with much more skill than me will pitch in here.

I taper mine at the apron, so far haven't quite perfected that art form. But getting closer to a non-disaster.....