Moving buckles - how much is too much??

[artificer]

THAT is impressive. Excellent work in a tight situation.

[YoungMan]

So what did you do with all the extra fabric? Trim the kilt down, tuck it under, or?

[Barb T]

After you move the apron-edge buckles toward the center back of the kilt, you move the underapron strap toward the center of the underapron (in this case 10.5").

When she put the kilt on, the underapron edge now actually wraps around her 10.5" before the strap goes through the kilt buttonhole. If that doesn't make sense, I'll draw a sketch. But that way, you haven't altered the kilt itself, and the buckles and strap can be moved back again to fit someone bigger. In a band, that's really the only good solution to kilt fit - you can't be taking a kilt apart and altering every time the kilt moves from one person to another.

[Dixiecat]

When she put the kilt on, the underapron edge now actually wraps around her 10.5" before the strap goes through the kilt buttonhole.

When I lost that much weight and moved the buckles on my old kilt, I took that excess underapron and folded it under at the buckle. It seemed to swing better that way while I was dancing. This was on a 12oz tartan so it didn't add too much bulk, but I would imagine that folding under wouldn't be much of an option with a heavier tartan.