Where to start, ah.. well there was a time not to terribly long ago that I had very little clue in the DIY kilt making department. Let's just say there were a couple of mess ups, fortunately in both cases the fabric was inexpensive. The second one however, the material was a decent cloth and seemed to be salvageable. I had told myself for over a year I'd give it a repair. It was a poorly constructed knife pleat of about 7.75 yards. So I got to work:


Notice the not so goodness.


Here's a close up.


Beginning to remove the waistband. It was really bad, lots of bunching in places.


Waistband removed.


Removing the inner construction..