Hi guys

Unlike Jimmy, I really like kilts pleated to the stripe! To me, it's a matter of taste and a matter of the tartan. I think that some tartans look awful pleated to the stripe, and some very bland tartans look blah pleated to the sett and can benefit from being pleated to the stripe.

The hardest pleats to stitch perfectly are ones with a stripe or color boundary down the center. Unless you are very careful, the stripe tends to wander. I find that, while it _is_ easier to lay out a kilt pleated to the stripe, stitching the pleats themselves is more exacting, because each pleat has a stripe down the center. If you pleat to the sett, on the other hand, chances are good that only some of the pleats will have centered elements. Some will probably be solid color and some will probably have edge stripes, both of which stitch faster and are less trouble to make perfect. So, frankly, I think there's a tradeoff. And it _is_ more boring to stitch pleats where every one is the same!!

For the Hunting Stewart, I'm partial to how the red-in-green pleating looks. I'm less fond of the overall yellowish cast of the yellow-in-green pleating.

Cheers!

Barb