The plan is I'll make Jay a 'practice kilt' out of inexpensive plaid whathaveyou, as an experiment, and so that I can learn to hopefully at least do a passable job on REAL tartan.

Between pouring over each and every detail in Barb's book (latest edition) repeatedly, and my first opportunity to actually handle Jay's kilts real 'up close and personal-like' via steam-pressing to touch up the pleats, I gotta tell you - I am finding the aspect of getting everything just right really scary, really intimidating.

Probably my first venture into the risk of doing serious damage will be when I put a hem in his philabeg. *sigh*

Is there a syndrome along the lines of, "FOP"? (Fear of Pleating)
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