When I sewed up Piper Georges Dutch MacKay kilt I poured myself a couple fingers of whisky and I'd sew until the whisky was gone. I'm a whisky sipper, you see? Two fingers would last me about three-four pleats. Once that was done, I'd put it away until the next night, or whenever. It took me about eight evenings to sew his pleats.

Anyway, just take your time and do them right. If they don't come out right, rip 'em out and do them again. Look at it this way, you're going to take 20+ hours to hand-sew those pleats. yup. but you're going to WEAR THE KILT for a whole, whole lot longer than that, when you're done!