Quote Originally Posted by akaussie
Ok Barb, when you say that a pleat should be between 3/4 to an inch in width are you talking just the under par of the pleat or the whole pleat? If you are talking about just the under pleat, how wide should the exposed bit be. I am asking thais as the first kilt i plan to attempt will be of plai material as tartan is very rare and expensive here in the land of oz, so if i spend about $40 on plain coloured material and make a mess of things I havent lost much. Got a price on tartan fabricm, its about $25 per metre.
Cheers Andrew
The face of the pleat is 3/4" underneath is a full sett between 5-6" so if you were to make it out of solid colour. measure 3/4" draw a line in chalk then move over to the right measure 5-6" draw a line then measure 3/4" and line then your 5-6" till you have the number of pleats you want. Measure down from the top of the waist almost a third of the length of your kilt or the rise, mark that on the right and left of the 3/4" face. You taper up from that mark. Also mark the width of your waistband. Put in double and a reverse pleat as per instructions for a tartan kilt at the apron. and away you go.
Robert