Cool, I do thank everyone for their advice and comments so far.

All advice and guidance would be greatly appreciated as learning as much as possible (preferably from others who have been down the same road) will help greatly when I get to making my own kilt.

I'm thinking the most difficulty for me when making my kilt will be the cargo pockets and making sure I get the right amount of the right kind of fabric and making sure I don't screw up too bad.

I'm looking to spend under $50 total for fabric and thread. Where my pants hang (which is where I plan to wear the kilt) is about 52in and the length of the kilt will be 22in or 23in. I've heard 1in to 2in pleats look best, I'm still studying pleats and such (kind of confusing to someone who never sewn pleats).

I'm aiming at "simple yet functional" in design. Of course, I want it to look good also because I will be more likely to wear a good looking kilt everywhere.

The xkilt design seems pretty good but I need the pleat gif? It seems to be missing or I'm overlooking it. Does anyone have a copy?

Thanks again :-)