Ok, I've got to say up front that with this just being my second kilt, I'm still not up to working in tartan that goes for $70-80 bucks a yard. So, I went to the fabric store and got what I thought was a plaid that I thought looked pretty good. It's heavy weight cotton and I would consider this a summer kilt only.

I'm getting more comfortable with the technique and I was going to try pleating to the sett, but I found out the the sett was too small to make for nice pleats, so I decided to pleat to the stripe. This one will take up about 7 yards of material, 24 inches wide.
Here' a pic..


The front apron is done as is most of the pleating, although I still want to flip it over and stitch down the back of the pleats. Since it is a very light weight material, I decided to put in a lining to the front apron. It's polyester with a bit of fuzziness on the reverse side (smooth side goes to me).
Here's a pic of that...


I think this will go well with the black dress jacket that I just converted. I don't have any pics of that yet, but its just the same as my tweed converstion except that it's a black material.

I hope that the "Tartan Police" will let this slip by. Its practice for me and I'm not trying to pass it off as anything other than what it is, but I do think it will make for a nice looking kilt.
Maybe I should call it the tartan of Clan MacFabricStore.