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    The Art of Kiltmaking Q's

    Is anyone familiar with this book? Barbara Tewksbury & Elsie Steuhmeyer? I could use some decision making help... I bought a tartan remnant to make a traditional kilt. I tried to put in a hidden pleat in case I need to make the kilt larger in the future. I ended up putting the hidden pleat in the wrong place and now I'm all screwed up. I have seams on the underapron that should be on the apron My pleats are *perfect* except for the first two, which are a bit larger than the rest. Is there ANY way of going back and repairing these two first pleats? Is there any way of ripping out the hidden pleat and then re-drawing the apron and underapron? I have plenty of fabric to work with. I really want to scrap the kilt, partly to gain catharsis (I'm a perfectionist) and use the beautiful fabric for something else. I am a bit past the point where I have all of my pleats sewn. I ordered another remnant and will try again with that I guess- and not screw things up this time. The bummer is that I'm 6'6" tall so the pleats take a rather long time to sew by hand...
    Last edited by mycoleptodiscus; 21st August 08 at 07:08 PM.

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