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    Quote Originally Posted by cacunn View Post
    Have you considered have a couple of weeks on a rack? You could add some inches that way. Other than that I think hemming is the only way.
    I don't think DWFII want's to add inches ! The kilt is already too long
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ancienne Alliance View Post
    I don't think DWFII want's to add inches ! The kilt is already too long


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    I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

    You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
    I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

    You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.

    Barb,

    Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]
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    Quote Originally Posted by DWFII View Post
    Barb,

    Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]
    Remember that the apron and pleats taper from the hips to the center of the buckles and then is straight or even flares slightly in the rise above the center of the buckles. So, removing the top of the rise just makes the rise shorter - the kilt still rides at the waist at the center of the buckles, so the bottom still hangs to the same level.
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