How much cloth for a lady's pleated tartan skirt?

[AKScott]

I have been shopping remnants with an eye towards buying enough double wide to have a pro make a pleated tartan skirt for my fiance.

I finally have the top secret number for the widest part of her hips. It is a number between 28 and 38 inches.

My question is how much double wide do I reasonably need to supply to the pro seamstress?

I have the general idea that the more cloth I supply, the more pleats the seamstress can make. What I don't have is the foggiest notion how many pleats how deep a lady's tartan skirt ought to have.

1.3 meters of double wide to open, 1.5 meters to play hardball? 6 meters? I am asking because I don't know.

Thanks.

[Father Bill]

Proceed with caution, lad, but proceed indeed! Good luck on the skirt, the reception, and on not getting into trouble by discussing her measurements here, even discreetly!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

If the skirt is short enough that double-width cloth can be split and joined, then two yards should be sufficient.

If it is to be a longer skirt (more than half the length of the fabric width), you'd want to get four yards.

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I have three kilt skirts, 2 formal and one short and all are 5 yards, and I'm a size 10. I wouldn't go with anything less.

Ina