Hey, Bruce, I PM'd Barb T about the possiblity of hemming my RRS kilt, here's her reply -

"Well, I suspect that you got caught by the fact that "length" to a kiltmaker is the distance from the center of the buckle to the bottom. So, if your kilts are 24" overall, you need to give a kiltmaker a length of 22" to get a kilt that is 24" long (i.e., 22" length plus the rise). Ditto 21" for an overall length of 23". That's because the amount of rise can vary from kilt to kilt. It's the length from the center of the buckle that is the same for a particular size person.

I do know military box pleated kilts, and they would be extremely difficult to hem. It's possible to hem a heavy-weight, knife-pleated kilt, but a military box pleated kilt has too many little folds to hem well. I hate to say it, but I think you're stuck. What about selling it to someone else on eBay or in the forum?

Sorry for the bad news!

Barb"

So, that kind of explains how we both ended up with longer than expected kilts. I was going to write to Bill at Argyll Kilts & see if there was any chance of exchanging for a shorter version. Have you heard back from him?

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