Greetings, fellow kiltmakers!

I have been making various styles of kilts for some time now and thought I would share with you all something I have had success with.
I frequent thrift shops and the like and buy women's kilted skirts. I look for a number of things:
1) that the fabric is a medium to heavy worsted wool.
2) the size is large.
3) the length is 27" or greater.
4) and that it costs very little!

I then dismantle the skirt and reduce to its pure unadultered state as a bolt of tartan fabric. What remains is usually a 3 to 4 yard piece of fabric. I then make a box pleated kilt with several large pleats (to the stripe, of course). Occasionally I am able to reuse the straps and buckles if they are large (i.e. manly) enough. Also, if there is enough remaining fabric I make garter flashes.
In all, this process is time consuming but well worth the effort as I am often able to create a lovely Scottish worsted wool kilt for about $5-$15! Its a great way to recycle old tartan.

I hope this information is useful to everybody and that they try it.