I told my identical triplet sisters that are at Basic Combat training for the national guard right now (I'm the fraternal sister in the triplet combination and will be going next year) about the kilt that I just made for myself in one of my letters. They said that they would love for me to make one for each of them after their graduation and job training, before we three go to college.

Now, what my mother and I thought of doing is surprising each of them with a kilt for a Basic training graduation present. I am purchasing The Art of Kilt Making this weekend and plan on getting started on their kilts as soon as possible... but then I realized something... how would I be able to get their measurements without them knowing what I'm doing.

is there some way that I can guesstimate on their measurements, like finding some one their size to measure, or should I just write to them and ask and basically let them know what I plan on doing.

I need some help on this matter