Quote Originally Posted by beerbecue
Since I ripped out the only pleat I had done on the new kilt, I guess I can ask this now.

OK, I am pleating to the stripe. As it stands, I have 43 pleats (symmetrical around the back center stripe). 1/2" at the hips (21" in. in pleats) and ~7/16" at the waist (18.5" in pleats). Overall measurement is 38.5W 41H.

Should I remove a few and make them larger, or just go with what I have??
That's a lot of pleats. I'm 39 at the waist and 46 at the hip. My kilts range from 30 -34 pleats depending on the size of the sett. How wide is the sett is it 7 cm or 14 cm before it repeats the pattern. How wide is the stripe and the colour of the base stripe underneath it. OK if the width of the pleat is 5/8" you would have 33 pleats. 5/8" is about the size of a stripe in the average tartan.( I come up with 42 pleats at 1/2" wide but thats a lot of pleats to stitch) You would bury a double sett if the sett was 7cm or a single sett if it was a 14cm repeat pattern The exception is at the sides and the reverse pleat where you have to 4x the 7cm and double the 14cm.
What is the tartan you are using again please.
Cheers
Robert