Well, I've talked about it for some time now, so I have finally begun an X-Kilt. I found a really nice courdoroy (sp?) material at my local fabric store, was able to get 5 yards for about $25 USD. It's a really deep green, and I think it'll make a nice kilt. It doesn't have the "standard" courdoroy "stripes", but it is pretty heavy, so I'll have no problem with wind gusts. I have measured and cut the fabric, and will probably chalk out the pleats tonight, which brings me to a question. Following the math outlined in the directions, I am going to have 14 3" pleats with an 11" apron. Is this too many? Is there such a thing as too many pleats?