First off Alan, THNX for the manual! great stuff! I have been using my periodic breaks from schoolwork this past week to make my first kilt, and am so close to completing!

(I had this post originally under the manual download thread, but felt it was inappropriate placing as this isn't a question about downloading the manual)

Just some relevant b/g
Rump: 39, Waste: 33 Drop: 22 3/4
You instruction were concise enough that when I measured the kilt, the Rump/waist matched exactly! for those interested I used 15' apron, 8x3" pleats

BUT... (and anyone can jump in here)

Stuck in my X-kilt (I have seen the question asked but never a complete answer) as to the deep under apron pleat? I cannot make out what is meant in section "Tack Down the Top of the Outer Apron" pg 25:
"...Fold back about 2.5 – 3 inches, down at the hem, and make a nice even fold on that deep pleat all the way up to the waistband. It will get deeper as you approach the waistband,..."

(OK so I know that we will not be using the full deep pleat now, but I cannot visualize [in my mind or using my kilt] how to go about performing this?) Was considering just running a thread line across the waistband with the top edge of the pleat so that I could continue (and make an edge line in the under-pleat as done on all the other inner-pleats)... but figured I'd ask the forum before making a kilt SNAFU.

Below is what I have (THe yellow box of pins is the "right" side/edge of the over-apron as you are looking from the inside)