I know this much...there are some tips and tricks about making dancers kilts that might not be known by Joe Average Kiltmaker. So shop around a little bit. If you feel like tackling the project yourself, 1) buy the Art of Kiltmaking and read it, thoroughly....2.) practice first on some cheap stuff, and then 3.) buy the expensive tartan and go for it, incoporating the tips and tricks that Barb and Elsie put in the book.

Elsie Struemeyer offers kiltmaking courses around the country at various times and places. Both Barb T. and way2fractious are veterans of the course. Elsie is a very serious and well-respected dance teacher in Northern California, so what she has to say about dancers kilts is the right stuff, so to speak.