Bull denim pleats.

**Phicong** · 19th May 07, 08:05 PM

I am in process of making a kilt out of fairly heavy bull denim, not the stiff kind but a somewhat more flexable material. I am using knife pleating and have sewed the outside pleat edges 1/16 " from the edge. Will I also need to sew the inside edges as well?
My kilt design is similar to the Buzz Kidder canvas kilt pictures except that I am using velcro rather than straps. For my 36 inch waist, I have deep first and last pleats and 15 pleats in between, using 5 yerds of material.
Second question is how well should this hold sharp or semi sharp pleats? And how do people with bull denim kilts like them?
Gordon

**Doc** · 19th May 07, 08:18 PM

Sew the inside pleats. It's better to do it now than after a week of wearing it.

**Erisianmonkey** · 19th May 07, 08:30 PM

I concur, sew them. I didn't sew the pleats into the bull denim kilt that I recently made, and I'm regretting it, especially with the tendency of bd to latch onto wrinkles like a starving man to a steak.