Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
I agree with Wally about the hips split. I also agree that you don't want lots of little itty bitty pleats. Most of the kilts I made have 23-29 pleats, which gives a nice size at the hips.

Your tartan has a pretty small sett. I'd seriously consider doubling the sett and having 20-ish pleats. Not sure where you got the 8" pleat depth from this. The pleat depth, if you doubled your set, would be just about one sett deep (or about 4"). That's perfectly fine.

Since this is your first kilt, having fewer, wider pleats will be easier (and quicker) to make. That's a plus as well.

20 Pleats would give me a 1 & 3/16" reveal at the hip with a 4 & 1/8" depth. or so my calculator tells me.