If I thought that hand sewing the hem of 6-7 yards of a Stillwater kilt was tedious, I stand corrected. Sewing up the inner pleats edges was more tedious. But I must admit-necessary. Otherwise the recipient would have a helluva time getting the pleats to stay ironed in. Corduroy barely wrinkles, but this also means it does not like to hold a crease.



Here, I've pinned in the taper. Sorry I didn't take any pictures of the process, but Panache was writing more of his story and was not available to hold the camera. Given that my victim has a 44" waist and a 48" rump, there are only 4" of taper needed. This means that I was able to taper without any overlap of the inner pleats. But, I chose to overlap two pleats (at each hip) and have no taper for the back 2 pleats (actually, no taper for the back pleat and half of each one to each side of the back pleat). Then ~1/2" taper for the rest of the pleats. Once this was done, I measured to be sure I had a 44" waist. Yes indeed! To be absolutely honest, I had to play a bit before I reached this perfection



Then, I sewed them down