I have 2 tanks, and hopefully another soon, so a heavy last a lifetime kilt isnt neccesarily the main object for me here... it would be nice to construct something that is presentable and useful for Missouri's 100+ temps in summer though.

The option of purchasing fabric isnt one that will be available to me, and I suspect that i'll be struggling to find $$ for Barb's book... So is really a case of working with what I have...

The only potential issue I see with the weight is the aprons...

I would like to try and make the brown show in the pleat flash, and the pinning was my first attempt at trying to figure that out