Aninteresting experiment

[Alan H]

As I've been exercising a lot and because of years of squats, deadlifts and throwing large objects my rumpus and gut have become even more "manly".

meaning...large.

Which means that my old Muted MacNaughton PV kilt is about 4 inches too small now. It was always tight, now it's completely unwearable. What to do, what to do?

Well, I just ordered a meter of double-wide fabric from Scotweb and this is what I'm going to do.

A.) rip out the waistband from the over apron, and the under-apron as well.
B.) Cut off the over-apron. That's right... I'm going to give myself about 18 inches to work with and then I'm going to cut off the rest of the over apron. Ditto for the under apron.
C.) I'm going to rip out the stitching for the reverse pleat on the right side.
D.) I'm going to use the fabric I've got to add 2 more pleats to each side of the kilt. That should add roughly 2 1/2 inches to the kilts seat dimension.
E.) Then I'm going to be clever and use the new fabric I've just bought to make a new over-apron and fringe, and under-apron which will be about 2 inches wider than the one I've got, now.
F.) I'll make new waistband sections from the middle swath of fabric that will be left over, and stitch
G.) New straps, new leather on the over-apron...same old metal buckles. I'll leave the strap/buckle on the outside of the left side of the kilt, in place.

Voila... Kilt which is about 4 inches bigger in circumference than the original, and all the stitching that joins it together will be hidden inside the folds of the under-apron pleat, or inside the reverse pleat.

Should be an interesting project, but it's a lot less $$ than making a new kilt. BTW, this kilt is pleated to sett. If it was pleated to stripe, it'd be a lot simpler.