I am starting on a 4 meter box pleat in MacGregor of Cardney. I'm estimating the apron layout, and pinning up some pleat ideas. So far, I'm laying out the aprons just as I would a knife pleat... I solicit advice or comment.

Since the sett is just under 6 inches, a box pleat with a single repeat seems as though it might be a little shallow. What do the experienced box-pleaters think? I think we'd have from 9 to 12 pleats, depending on the exact layout and how much I reserve adjacent to the aprons:




A double repeat, still centered on the white line, looks attractive. This may cut down on what's available for each end, however. I don't know whether it would look good with fewer than 6 pleats, and that may be cutting it closely:



Finally, I thought of alternating a white stripe and a red band. Here are 2 versions, with green stripes on each side of the seam, and trying to keep the green on the odd pleats and the red band between. That could be tricky, but there aren't that many seams...




I guess I should also pin it up with 10 or so red bands, or red and green without the white; just to see it. The horizontal white stripe might be a little much, there. Back to the drawing table...