Moved buckles, now the under apron shows - What do I do?

[gealach]

Thanks Barb

Yes, it is about the inverted pleat. Because the under apron is pulled further to the left the inverted pleat gets pulled open, bulging under the apron over my right knee. I'm going to try to hem the inverted pleat and press it again so that it lays flat against my leg.

Pulling up on the underapron works, but doesn't that look somewhat awkward unless one is wearing a waistcoat?

[Barb T]

Oh - I see what you mean about the inverted pleat. If it remains a persistent problem, you could consider just stitching the inverted pleat closed along the underapron edge. It's your own kilt, and it's not going to show. Trad box pleated kilts, in fact, commonly don't even have an inverted pleat, so it should be fine.

I'll bet you don't have to pull it up much - the main thing is to make sure that it's not sagging, which is the typical problem. If you make sure that the top of the underapron is as high as the top of the apron, I'll bet it won't hang out at the bottom. If it does, just pull it up a little. Unless you're wearing a skin-tight shirt, your shirt will blouse a little anyway and pretty much hide it if the underapron top rides a tad higher than the apron.

Thanks Barb

Yes, it is about the inverted pleat. Because the under apron is pulled further to the left the inverted pleat gets pulled open, bulging under the apron over my right knee. I'm going to try to hem the inverted pleat and press it again so that it lays flat against my leg.

Pulling up on the underapron works, but doesn't that look somewhat awkward unless one is wearing a waistcoat?

[Barb T]

And good for you to lose 4"!!!

[gealach]

Thanks again Barb, you're a gem!

Never in a million years would I have considered stitching the inverted pleat together. This is why it's good to ask someone who knows what they are doing...

I'll try different things tomorrow and report back.

[Barb T]

Great! Looking forward to hearing the results!

[Nomad]

Thanks for asking the question gealach, I'm in exactly the same boat after losing around 3 inches. The pleat on my falls less than 3 millimetres below the front apron (at right hand side) and it is slightly annoying, I may stitch/steam mine flat as this will also reduce the slight raising effect it has on the kilt.

I also followed Barbs directions, the only thing I changed was to unstitch half of the internal material that hides the kilts workings so that I could ensure the stitches holding the buckles on went through all of the kilt layers. My hands are a bit knackered and despite trying twice I couldn't get the needle to go through enough layers without doing this, I have done this twice now and I'm very happy with the results, thanks Barb. The kilt also passes the Wizzards stretch test with flying colours.

[Barb T]

Great! I love it when you guys tackle your own kilts successfully!!