Quote Originally Posted by Barb T View Post
This is not an odd way to make a kilt. Virtually all tartan is sold double width and most kilts are "one-offs". In other words, there would be no reason for a kiltmaker to buy 8 yards of double-width tartan unless he/she had to make two kilts. Virtually all the kilts I make have a hidden join in the back for that reason.

There are other ways of fixing a moth hole, and your kiltmaker may have rewoven the hole with threads pulled from the tartan. You can determine whether a pleat was removed by looking for a seam - if there is a seam where the pleat was removed, that's what was done. But honestly? That would require _a lot_ of reconstruction (removing all the canvas, stabilizer, and steeking in the back of the kilt), and they should have charge you a boat load for the alteration!!
Well, it didn't come cheap that's for sure, they did say that they had to take the kilt apart somewhat and that moth hole was about a 1/4" in size. Either way, I'm not unhappy with the job done, I just noticed that the inverted pleat was a lot smaller in width and depth after the alteration and was curious as to whether that's normal to see from an altered kilt depending on what needed to be done.