Is my kilt "off"?

[Kouzfot]

As a total perfectionist when it comes to what I make, I have to say I would not expect anything that I produced to require pressing to make it look correctly made.

It looks as though the pleats are not joined to the inner structure of thee kilt correctly - perhaps it was placed on a support slightly off true before sewing together and now the inner part of the pleats are being drawn to the left - and is the distance to the left of the centre line narrower than that to the right? It might just be the camera angle but I'd be reaching for my micrometre.

I'd advise approaching the supplier again and putting the point to them that you do not have the skills to correct whatever error has occurred and it seems a little strange that it should be down to you to make it right.

Anne the Pleater

Hello Anne, and thank you for you reply.
This might be a stupid question, but as this is my first kilt, and I have no one around me to ask.
Distance to the left of the centre line narrower than to the right; to you mean measured from the left side of the pleat to the centre of the ruby red stripe and same from the right. Do you mean at the top of by the waist, where the pleats come loose or at the bottom?

I've measured the centre pleat. From the side to the ruby red stripe

Picture 1, waist:
6mm on both sides.
topleft-min.jpgtopright-min.jpg
picture 2, fell line (is that whats it's called? where the pleat come loose):
left: 8mm as it is, (10mm if i pull the pleat to the left towards the left). right: 10,5mm
middleleft-min.jpgmiddleright-min.jpg
picture 3, 11cm up from the bottom:
left: 14,2mm. Right: 10,1mm.
bottomleft-min.jpgbottomright-min.jpg


perhaps it was placed on a support slightly off true before sewing together and now the inner part of the pleats are being drawn to the left
Not sure i understand what you mean. When you say the inner part. Are you referring to the back side of the pleat?


If there are any other pictures from other angles, just ask and I shall provide

Thanks again!
K