New x-kilt maker question

[offKilter]

Ah, yes! Thank you Alan H!!!
MUCH better. I took Alan's suggestion and put the under apron pleat back the way it was originally, and added an extra 2 inches of material to the first box pleat.
Then I did the same to the final pleat and stitched the pleat edges (for first and last) about 2/3 of the way up to sharpen their edges.
My x-kilt does now hang much better.
I didn't have to rip that much out to fix it, just the first and last 10 inches of waistband.
Now to put some pockets on this thing...

Thanks for all the input! I'll get some pictures up as soon as I get the pockets figured out.

OffKilter

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

Welcome to the forum! Pics are a must, you know.

We seem to be attracting a lot with the X-Kilt instructions. I think it's time to start a new one!

Be well,

[Alan H]

Ah, yes! Thank you Alan H!!!
MUCH better. I took Alan's suggestion and put the under apron pleat back the way it was originally, and added an extra 2 inches of material to the first box pleat.
Then I did the same to the final pleat and stitched the pleat edges (for first and last) about 2/3 of the way up to sharpen their edges.
My x-kilt does now hang much better.
I didn't have to rip that much out to fix it, just the first and last 10 inches of waistband.
Now to put some pockets on this thing...

Thanks for all the input! I'll get some pictures up as soon as I get the pockets figured out.

OffKilter

Excellent!

I am slowly working my way up to making an X-Kilt for myself....finally...and I will make those "forward-facing pleats" extra deep, too. I'm glad it worked out for you and wasn't too much labor to move the extra material around. You HAD the extramaterial to work into the first box pleat because of the "misunderstanding" (or whatever it was) of the under-apron pleat. Sometimes karma DOES work out!

On the flip side, I've recently seen Thomsec's two X-Kilts, made without extra material in those two forward-facing folds and his X-Kilts look absolutely superb.

[offKilter]

Actually, the "extra" material I had was from my misinterpretation of the layout in the x-kilt directions. The allowance for the under apron is 12 inches, and then there's the inner fold of the first pleat, which is 3 inches. gives you 15 inches of material to work with.
What I did wrong was to use the 3 inch pleat line (in between the under apron pleat and pleat 1) for the line-up edge of the first pleat...that gave me a regular depth (1.5 in and 1.5 in) forward-facing pleat, and that left me with a LOT of under apron material...which is what led me to this forum.
Once you helped me figure out that the first forward-facing pleat is the full 3 inches (not half of that), that took care of the extra material of the under apron pleat.
Fortunately I made the under apron long enough to reach my left hip bone, so when I fixed everything I still had enough "modesty" cover.
So the layout of the plans are fine...I just got the first and last pleats wrong.
Got my pockets done! Just need to get them attached.
I'm very happy with the way my x-kilt came out. We'll see how it looks after I run it through the wash.

OffKilter

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

You've had time to wash it by now! Where are the pictures?

Be well,