I've been finished with it for about two weeks now, but have been too lazy to get pictures, so I've kept quiet...until now.

So here it is, my Stuart of Bute 8 yard knife pleated kilt, pleated to the white stripe:






I need to press some of the pleats again, but otherwise, I'm very happy with it. It actually fits better than my Scottish-made kilt, but that's defintely due to a bit of weight loss. The left apron edge does like to curl forward a bit and open the deep pleat up, but it only seems to bother me; my wife, who has a good eye for such things, didn't even notice it until I mentioned it.

I also decided to not cut a hole in the tartan and put the strap on inside ala Matt Newsome's kilts (thanks again for the advice, Matt!). I really cannot tell the difference at all. I also only used two straps instead of three and, again, I can't tell the difference.

I am now incredibly excited to get the X-Marks tartan and start on that! After that, it's on to try making a 4 yard box pleated kilt, although I may opt to get one from Matt first so I'll have something for comparison.

Thanks to Barb and Matt especially for their help and to everyone here for the encouragement!