Hi, All,

When I first started, my first two kilts were black AKs. While I LOVE the weight of them, the 100% cotton tend to (as someone else noted) wrinkle when someone looks at it funny. The pleats tend not to do well, either: the front edge was sewn. but the back edge was not.

Well, last night I finally got took a look at things last night, and decided I'd try an experiment. I ironed the beejeebers out of one of my two AKs, whipped out Grandma's old Singer, and stitched the back pleats all the way around.

It's having a slightly odd effect: On one side, it's making the pleats "stand out" just a little, and on the other, it's increasing the curl on the backside. I'm not sure whether I'll leave it this way or not (and, when pressed, both kilts still look very sharp).

Just as a word to the wise, though. There doesn't seem to be much of a way here to sew these pleats down and keep them looking like you'd just got done ironing the kilt.

As an afterthought, though: I also needed the practice sewing pleats as I get to that stage of my XKilt.