Tweed jacket alteration advice needed.

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I never thought I would use this jacket, but it would appear it can be repurposed.

Its a regular old 3 button tweed sport jacket that I would like to shorten for use with my kilt.

Now after going over many of the DIY posts on the subject I believe I have the main idea when it comes to the overall alteration, however one thing I am a bit fuzzy about is how long the jacket should be in the back. Some posts mention the jacket should be as long as the arms, others say that the jacket hem should fall at the bottom of the fell and top of the pleats as to not hide the kilt.

I have long arms, and when I initially used the jacket length / arm length method the jacket was far too long and the jacket was half way down my behind. So I used the bottom of the fell method and the jacket felt far too short and looked rather odd.

One more adjustment was made and I felt as though this was a more appropriate length, I cant quite hang my sporran yet as I am still waiting on the chain, but the sporran cutout will depend on getting the jacket length correct.

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So advice, tips, pointers, whisky reviews are all welcome.

Thanks

T