Hello!

This is my first post here. I’ve been lurking here for years and have learned so much from everyone. I need some advice, and I hope this is the right place to ask.

I am a kilt maker, and my latest kilt is causing me issues. The tartan I’m using is the Wilson Ancient, and needs to be pleated to the sett. I planned on using 9.5 yards, but the repeat is much, much larger than any I have dealt with before. As of now, the maximum amount of pleats I can get is 13, which would make each pleat well over 1” in width. I need to get at least 23 pleats in, which means I would have to basically double the amount of fabric I have available for the pleats.

This would result in a ~14 yard kilt.

Does anyone have any advice?

Please let me know if this is the right forum to post in, or if there is a post already addressing this issue. I searched the archives but didn’t find anything, but I might not have been looking in the right place.

Thank you for your help!