I am getting ready to head out for a week in Mexico, but I thought I'd post a question that has been bugging me.

Do some kilt makers remove "excess" material in the fell area, after the pleats are sewn down.

I looked at my three tanks and, without tearing them apart, I can't really tell. -But two of the three seem to have an appreciably less amount of thickness in the rear (behind the sewn down pleats) area.

Is this removal of material standard? -Or is it something only done on "high-end" kilts, or are there other factors that I haven't got the knowledge to ask.

I don't make kilts, I haven't read Barb's book. Maybe these questions & answers would be in her book?