Just a quick comment on hemming. While a traditional kilt is not supposed to be hemmed, a kilt that is too long looks better hemmed than too long. We routinely put hems in the 16 oz kilts that are made for the younger band members who are still growing, and, quite frankly, when it's done well, you simply can't tell unless you walk up and feel the edge of the kilt.

So, I would never bother to take length off a kilt from the waist. I would turn up a hem (even in a heavy weight kilt), do it properly, and would bet you that you would never notice, even if two people were standing next to one another, one kilt with a hem and one not.

Hemming a kilt is a fairly quick job, but it's not just a matter of turning up a hem. You do have to take out the apron and underapron edges before turning it up, and you do have to turn up parts of the hem differently than others.

Cheers,

Barb