Congratulations on enjoying the constructing of the kilt. Have you studied page 33 carefully? I photocopied page 46 and used the copy to have my spouse do the measuring. For Barb's book kilt, I have a 36 waist and a 44 hip measurement. I have in that 36 inches a large forward bulge, as my size 32 Levis (33-1/2" real measure) fit very loose below the gut. My first kilt (solid colour) by the book did fit fairly well as the way Barb has you construct the garment allows a lot of apron give. I still had a very tiny amount of pouch look in the front apron. My second (tartan) kilt by the book, I allowed additional size for the hip to get rid of the pouch. I put on a pair of low rise jeans and tucked a towel in the front and folded it under a few times to expand the front of me to just under the overhang of my gut, fastened it to the widest part of my hips with a belt and had my spouse remeasure me. Much to my surprise that added only 1-1/2 inches to the hip measure. Then following the formula on page 33, set the design measurements on the chart. The tartan kilt came out rather flattering to my body type. BTW even the second kilt was made of inexpensive fabric. I wanted to perfect my skills a little before touching 65 dollars a metre 16 oz. wool tartan. The third kilt is slowly coming into being, and I am certain that Barb's book and a few of her posts here on Xmarks is going to enable me to enjoy my own craftspersonship for many years to come.