The first kilt I ever made was a denim kilt I went to Value Village and found 10 yrds for 3.00. I have a mother who is a seamtress so she got a ton of phone calls about how to make pleats. The needle of a sewing machine moves very fast and when it goes throw flesh it causes a lot of pain so lesson 1 if it bleeds keep it away from the pointy thing. Besides that in the beginning the worst part for me was taking accurate measurmnts( I have a kilt or two that are too long or too short) and using those number to make a kilt I'm no math expert so you can imagine the frustration when you are working with 6 yrds of fabric and you constantly ripping in apart to fix a mistake by a 1/4 of an inch.I still pull my hair out at times especially when I'm doing spilts and I have a million and one things going through my mind.
But when I finally got it I was like a kid that road a bike without training wheels for the first time I didn't want to stop. I owe a lot to my mother for sticking by the phone and a special wife who put up with my stuff.
In all my sewing experiences have been educational and fun.
MacHummel