Quote Originally Posted by Thunderbolt View Post

So, if I cut a length of 8yds, when I go to find the center back, how will I know?

T.
Fold the tartan in half, and the center back is the middle of your length of tartan. Start counting pleats from the center mark toward the apron.

For 45" hips, and a split of 22/23, you'd have 30 pleats if you made each pleat about 3/4" at the hips. You don't want them any smaller than that at the hips, and bigger would be OK, too. I'd say, maybe 27 would be good. So, if you count more than 14 pleats from the center of the tartan toward the apron, you can just choose one of the pleats that isn't right at the half way mark to be the center back of your kilt. That just means that you'll have a little left over at the end of the whole length.

Barb