I started making my first kilt on the weekend and, I have to be honest, it's proving a lot harder than I anticipated!!

The material I am using is 'heavy' cotton Bundeswehr camouflage. It's nice fabric but quite light. I anticipate it being a summer kilt. I bought a total of 7 meters (to make a 6 meter kilt with some spare for a pocket, belt loops, etc.) costing £40 inc. postage.



Today, as the snow had prevented me getting to work, I started on the pleats. Kaiser the cat supervised.



The pleats:



There are 17 pleats with 2.5cm at the waist and 3cm at the hips.



Please give me your honest opinions on what you think of them. I've a terrible feeling I've messed up somewhere, but cannot figure out where. Also, should it so messy along the waistline?