Lost weight

**Drac** · 18th April 13, 08:40 AM

Good day all,

Over the last year I have lost close to 40 lbs. This means only one kilt fits, the one I got a couple months ago. All the others are anywhere from 2-4" to big on the last hole of the belts. It doesn't look good to just tighten a belt around as this bunches it up and messes up the pleats.

Question is, all I got to do to adjust for a couple inches is move the right hand buckle over? This will be mostly for the non-tank ones. Ones from Kathy and Barb I would send to them if they can do the adjustments.

Jim

**Tobus** · 18th April 13, 09:22 AM

I'm no kiltmaker, nor do I play one on the telly, but I think you have to make the adjustment from both sides. If you only move the buckles on the right hip, you'll end up with an outer apron that's much tighter than the inner apron and makes the inner apron bunch up. Besides, it's the inner apron that really does the work anyway. The outer one just covers it up. But they have to be balanced with each other so they lay properly with each other.

That's my take on it, anyway.

**hector** · 18th April 13, 11:10 AM

I had the same to do a couple of weeks ago. Tobus is 100% right: both sides have to be adjusted.
An advice may be that the buckle on the right hip is moved a bit further to the middle of the kilt. This allows to have more margin for fixing the belt (you never know if one's weight will further reduce or the opposite might increase).
Good luck!

**MNlad** · 18th April 13, 01:57 PM

I think you have to make the adjustment from both sides.

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Prevents bunching of the inner apron and keeps the front apron in balance with the pleats on each side. On the plus side, it's a lot easier shrinking a kilt than trying to make it bigger. Congrats on the weight loss.

**Barb T** · 18th April 13, 06:05 PM

The trick is to move the buckle on the right hip toward the center back and then move the _underapron strap_ the same amount toward the center of the underapron. That does "both sides" evenly. Moving the buckle that is next to the buttonhole doesn't do anything.

**Drac** · 19th April 13, 10:35 AM

Thanks all.

I have about 3 that need saving and a couple that are going to look for a good home.

Jim

**O'Callaghan** · 30th August 13, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Barb T

The trick is to move the buckle on the right hip toward the center back and then move the _underapron strap_ the same amount toward the center of the underapron. That does "both sides" evenly. Moving the buckle that is next to the buttonhole doesn't do anything.

Exactly. Unlike Barb, I'm not adept at making garments, but I did this to a kilt that was too big, and it was easy. It does leave the third strap and buckle in the wrong place, but I just removed them instead of relocating them. Unless you are a highland dancer you don't really need them anyway. It also leaves the belt loops off centre, but I'm not that fussy that I feel I need to move them.

The vendor had sent the wrong size, read my adverse comments online [ETA: about needing a belt to hold it up] and sent me another one in the right size in a tartan I hadn't ordered. After adjusting the size of the first one I ended up with two kilts for the price of one. I understand they are no longer in business.