Hello,

I am making a box pleated kilt out of my black watch regimental weight fabric.

I am having trouble however, shaping the aprons.

The fabric is not near as "skewable" as PV and lighter weight wool I have used in the past. (It also does not help that I have a significant difference between my waist and hip measurements (8") Most of this is taken up in the pleats but I have a significant taper to deal with at the apron edge.

I got the shaping done, but the fabric directly below the part that is basted in, is not laying at all flat.

What do you think I should do?

Pictures,

Problem apron. I removed the basting stitches along the edge line and the pleat basting that held the edge down so I could play around with it.



Possible fix, reduce the taper of the apron edges and live with a gap between the reverse apron pleat and the last pleat.



The opposite apron which isn't shaped yet but is still basted along the edge.



Thanks,