My God! The way O'Neille explains it, it really does sound as simple as the kiltmakers on the forum say. At least for the basics. If you want to add in a waist/hip lining, I would guess that comes after the pleats are stitched in. Ditto for a left-side strap hole, unless you do it like Matt Newsome. But overall this sounds like something I might now be willing to try, and I don't even know how to use my wife's sewing machine. I had to print this one out to keep handy.

Thanks a lot, O'neille.