Quote Originally Posted by sydnie7 View Post
IIRC Robert has explained that Lady C hemmed a tartan because she wanted the lower edge of the kilt to show a different part of the sett than the weaver had chosen. Her trained eye saw that the color at the selvedge was not the best sett element to have at the hem. Just another reason to say "yes" to hemming a kilt!
I was wondering if it was frowned upon to change the portion of the sett the kilt ends with by hemming. That was my biggest concern when I decided to have a kilt altered.