Well, luck shouldn't have anything to do with it...I hope. I have a ton of sewing experience. Being to the stripe makes it easier as well. Momma didna raise a fool.

Its already pinned up, with a couple of minor adjustments required. The wife says it makes my butt look good!! And I ain't got no butt. ;) Thats the Huron part.

Now to peruse some pics to get the ideal pleat placement on either side. Pleats take up approximately half the width, correct?

They also had a nice heavyweight Macleod Dress in wool, which looks surprisingly like the Canadian Irish Regiments tartan. Well, not the sett, but the colours. Nicely subdued, almost ochre, yellow. Hmmm...