Belting the Plaid: How'd They Do It??

[Jack Daw]

I still hand-pleat my great kilt on my king-size bed; and, I can get it done and on within about 10 minutes. But, who's to say that some of the great kilts in the 1740s did not have the pleats sewn in? Maybe the common Highlander didn't, but it wouldn't surprise me if the gentry did. For a country to have invented so much in so little time, it doesn't come as a surprise to me that the Highlander could have thought of sewing in the pleats.

[jeremy j starche]

I sewed the pleats into my great kilt[1]. Thanks to Ohio summer weather I used as little fabric as I could get away with... I'm about 5 yards or so which gives me a handful of shallow pleats. Can't tell they are sewn in when its being worn.

[1] If I ever have to do another, I'm going to sew the pleats directly into/throw a braided belt. That just makes much more sense for a quick-wear in a hotel room.