Advice few sewing box pleats?

[ardchoille]

It is interesting that box pleats look the same on the outside and inside. So, it should work. What are you planning to do with the edges of the box pleats that aren't sewn? If these are on the inside, then you can tack them together. On the outside it is more of a concern to have them with blind, hidden stitches.

The loops will be on the inside. Once you press those down, you can hand stitch them and it won't matter what the stitching looks like because they will be covered with a liner (inside of the kilt) - you can't see the inside of the fell when the kilt is being worn anyway. When you press down the loops and turn the material over, you will be looking at the box pleats as seen from the outside of the kilt (which were machine stitched from the inside).

I'm going to use this technique to make a couple of kilts. Sewing the pleats should take about 15 minutes or less instead of the 10 hours or more required with hand sewing.