Question about a box pleat

**Barb T** · 5th June 16, 07:32 AM

I'm curious - is there a new seam where the pleat with the moth hole was? And is the number of pleats the same as before?

**Hamo** · 6th June 16, 12:00 AM

Originally Posted by Barb T

I'm curious - is there a new seam where the pleat with the moth hole was? And is the number of pleats the same as before?

No there's no new seam, the hole was fairly close to the middle seam, within one or two pleats of it, so I presume that they just unpicked the middle seam, cut out however many pleats needed to be deleted to get rid of the whole, sewed it back up and took some tartan from the inverted pleat to create new pleats. That's my theory anyway, here's some pics of my kilt if you would like to take a look.

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Looking at the inverted pleat from the inside.

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The pleat width is about 3+3/8"

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I counted 26 pleats in total.

**Barb T** · 6th June 16, 05:46 AM

For each pleat they took out, they would have needed to take one full sett of material from the inverted pleat to add that pleat back in. Taking out 2 pleats and adding them back in at the inverted pleat would have required two setts. It looks the size of the sett is around 7". There might have been 1 extra sett in the inverted pleat (i.e., an extra 7"), but there couldn't possibly have been an extra 14" in the inverted pleat in the original kilt. So it remains a bit of a mystery!!

But! What matters is that you like the job they did, and they clearly did a fine job!

**Hamo** · 6th June 16, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Barb T

For each pleat they took out, they would have needed to take one full sett of material from the inverted pleat to add that pleat back in. Taking out 2 pleats and adding them back in at the inverted pleat would have required two setts. It looks the size of the sett is around 7". There might have been 1 extra sett in the inverted pleat (i.e., an extra 7"), but there couldn't possibly have been an extra 14" in the inverted pleat in the original kilt. So it remains a bit of a mystery!!

But! What matters is that you like the job they did, and they clearly did a fine job!

Yeah it's not too shabby for an Australian made kilt that's for sure

Thanks for having a look at it anyway. I'll be bringing it to the U.S in when I go over to visit my girlfriend in July, hopefully it will impress at the Wisconsin highland games.