Adventures with my first Box Pleat Kilt

**Aspiringloser** · 16th July 13, 03:44 PM

You've got the goods, kid.

**sailortats** · 16th July 13, 04:41 PM

I dunno mate. I am not so sure that the blue and the white stripes with the pink and red flowers you have on the top of the kilt as a waist band really add to the overall look.

**Mipi** · 17th July 13, 12:49 AM

Keep working, it looks good for now!

**Aspiringloser** · 22nd July 13, 01:59 PM

So is it done yet?

**Celtic Mom** · 22nd July 13, 02:21 PM

It looks great! Out of curiosity, how do you make a pleat template?

**Alan H** · 22nd July 13, 04:59 PM

Nice. That's going to be a handsome piece of kit when you're done.

**gwynng** · 23rd July 13, 10:21 AM

It looks great! Out of curiosity, how do you make a pleat template?

The pleat template is really easy to make. Draw a line on a piece of card stock the same as the length of the fell and use it as a center. Take the waist pleat measurement and the hip pleat measurement; splitting the two measurements in half with your line as your center point of each. Mark the waist at the top and the hip at the bottom.* Then draw a line from the outer measurement of the waist to the outer measure of the hip and cut out with scissors or Exacto blade.

Here's a pic of mine for this box pleat kilt:

Using card stock is important because you are placing it, and re-placing it all the time and it tends to get a little bent up.

*If you have much tapering in the pleat, (mine tends to be fairly minimal, so I tend to not worry about this) you would be better off moving the waist measurement a couple of inches down your center line and make the line from the waist measurement to the top of the pleat parallel for the top 2 inches of your template.

So is it done yet?

Closing in on the finish. And hardly a square inch of tartan to spare! No flashes for this bad boy.

**tadyergey** · 23rd July 13, 06:28 PM

Can't wait to see it!

**Aspiringloser** · 23rd July 13, 06:37 PM

Hurry up already

**gwynng** · 28th July 13, 12:19 AM

Hurry up already

Okay, okay! I finished it up. Only had a chance to take a quick pic once I removed the basting. I had a fan on in the room, so it is moving the pleats around a little bit. They really do hang straight.

All in all very pleased with the results and it fits very well. Now I need to have someone take a pic so I can post it while wearing it. I have had a weekend full of performing with a chorus I sing in, so worked on Friday night to have my new kilt ready for the cast party tomorrow.

As always, I learned a lot from making this kilt and will keep building on that base of knowledge, or at least I hope so. Thanks to Barb T. and Matt N. for the invaluable instruction provided in TAoK and the Box Pleat supplement.