My first kilt was bought in 2004 in Virginia from the notorious Clansman vendor. (Newbies can look up the tales of woe from the time around 2006-2008). This was before I knew about X Marks the Scot.
I was at the Virginia Highland Games and bought the package of a kilt, gillie shirt, belt, sporran, kilt hose, and sword. I was told it would take about 16 weeks which eventually turned into about 32 weeks!

Anyway, the kilt arrived. It was in the Hay Tartan and it fit well. The vendor and the kiltmaker (anonymous in Scotland, I believe) seemed to have produced an acceptable product.
I have worn the kilt on many occasions. After I retired 2 years ago, I lost some weight and about 2 inches around my waist and I began to find the kilt would not stay up. The straps were tightened to the last hole.
However, the good folks here on X Marks the Scot had spoken about how easy it was to move the buckles so I thought I would give that a try.
As I was looking the kilt over, I found a problem with the under apron strap. You can see in the next photo where it has pulled the line of the sett out to the right.


Looking at it from the inside, I found an interfacing, but it was torn. The interfacing was not sewn to the apron or the lining except at the strap, a small rectangle about 1 inch by 1/2 inch. There was no stabilizer as I understand there should be, only this interfacing.


Well, I went to the local Joann Fabric center and bought some new interfacing and inserted it between the apron and the lining and stitched it down for securely as shown in this next photo


As you can see from the last picture, it straightened out the pulling on the under apron and I think it is now secure.
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From there I reattached the under apron buckle with stronger reinforced boxed-X stitching about 2 inches to the left of where it was before.
I then moved the two right hip buckles about 2 inches further back on the kilt. It now fits me well and I think will last a long time. I removed the sporran straps from the back because they were off-center as well.

I'm not a skilled sewer, either by hand or machine, but the whole job was finished in about 3 hours on a rainy afternoon. It was time well spent to restore a kilt that was too large to a usable condition.
I'm not worried about the stitching showing on the under apron or even on the relocated buckles. I don't plan on selling this kilt. I've told my wife and son to bury me in it. (The son has his own Hay kilt)

So for those out there who have lost a little, you might want to give this method of relocating your buckles a try. It turned out better than I thought. I'm now going to try it on some other kilts that are a little large.

Thanks to the folks who suggested this.

Tom