Lost Weight....Now What to do??

[Kid Cossack]

Methinks you want to reexamine that statement. If you move the buckle back 1", you've taken the kilt in 1" - the apron overlaps, so if you want the waist taken in 2", you need to move each buckle 2".

An alternative - which is what I did with several of my Stillwaters - is to sell them as "used" to people who fit them, and buy some new ones.

My tanks from Celtic Craft Centre are being retailored by them under their "lifetime fit guarantee."

Ah but Caradoc---two sets of buckles (one of one, one of two) moved back one inch would be two inches!

[Caradoc]

Ah but Caradoc---two sets of buckles (one of one, one of two) moved back one inch would be two inches!

No... it wouldn't. The circumference of the kilt is determined by a single buckle (the one on the left is probably more important, since the buckle on the right just hold the apron up and snug). You have to match it on the other side.

[auld argonian]

No... it wouldn't. The circumference of the kilt is determined by a single buckle (the one on the left is probably more important, since the buckle on the right just hold the apron up and snug). You have to match it on the other side.

Yup...I figgered wrong earlier. You'd have to move both sides back two inches to get a two inch reduction.

Best

AA

[Kid Cossack]

No... it wouldn't. The circumference of the kilt is determined by a single buckle (the one on the left is probably more important, since the buckle on the right just hold the apron up and snug). You have to match it on the other side.

Well ya know, I've never been wrong before!

[DrewO]

Congrats on the weight loss. I've just dropped 35 pounds myself and expect to be down another 20 shortly. When I do, kilt ordering frenzy.

[ccga3359]

Ah but Caradoc---two sets of buckles (one of one, one of two) moved back one inch would be two inches!

Caradoc is correct. The buckle on the left hip holds the kilt on, the buckle on the right hip just holds the over apron closed.

[The Wizard of BC]

To keep the kilt symmetrical front and rear both right and left buckles need to be moved equi-distant. The problem arises due to the opening in the kilt for the right(Left) strap to go through.
That hole determines the position of the right(Left) buckle and its tab.
As a quick fix you can move the Left(Right) Buckle Tab rearward. Then detach the Right(Left) strap from the under apron and re-position it forward onto the front of the apron.
Not a problem for a size adjustment of only 2" but if you try this for adjustments of greater than that a kiltmaker will need to re-position the strap hole.
This entails unstitching the liner, opening and re-enforcing a new hole in the pleats, then closing up the old one and re-attaching the liner.

If your adjustment approaches 4", and you don't re-position the strap hole, the kilt, when worn with the front apron centered, will show the back off center.
Some kilts can be worn with the back off center and you will never know it but if you have sporran loops, the kilt is pleated to the Sett, or on a box pleated kilt, the off centeredness shows up from 30 ft. away.