Needing advice on pleating to the sett

[New World Czech]

You have enough to make two kilts. 7-8 yards of single width length was cut in half and sewn together to make a 3 1/2-4 yard double width plaid and then worn, pleating was however it ended up when you gathered them. So you can have a belted plaid and sew the rest into another more modern kilt.

[Chas]

If I am reading your post correctly, you are wanting to pleat a great kilt to the sett.

I don't think that can be done - that's why you can't find instructions. You pleat it and what you get is what you get.

Regards

Chas

[usonian]

I don't think that can be done - that's why you can't find instructions. You pleat it and what you get is what you get.

I suppose it could be done with a great kilt (seconding The Art of Kiltmaking for instructions on pleating to sett), but it would be a very painstaking thing to do every time you wanted to put it on. I think I've heard mention of people permanently stitching pleats at the waist on great kilts here, but given that it's a "rougher" garment (fewer pleats, not pressed to a crisp knife edge) the effect of pleating to sett might largely be lost anyway.

[Yuri909]

If you truly think it's too much I doubt it's too late to contact them to take it down to 5 or 6.

[sydnie7]

Read this entire thread. I know Panache is not your size, but believe much of the advice would apply nonetheless.

[Yuri909]

You have enough to make two kilts. 7-8 yards of single width length was cut in half and sewn together to make a 3 1/2-4 yard double width plaid and then worn, pleating was however it ended up when you gathered them. So you can have a belted plaid and sew the rest into another more modern kilt.

While all of you guys are considerably more experienced and savvy than I in this area, everywhere I look online says that for my rather broad/wide waist and height of 6'4'' I will need around 5-6 to do a good belted plaid. The more literature I read about older kilts constantly refers to the material being closer to 7. If to the sett is unrealistic for the belted I'll accept the judgement of the court and do to the line. But I can't even find instructions for pleating to the sett for any style of kilt. And the reason I asked on the forum was because I wanted to see if there were any free resources haha. I am Scottish after all. Very cautious with money - Craig Ferguson. (Even though this post clearly shows I'm a little overboard at times). I am intending the belted plaid to be my warm weather kilt, a million things go on up here fall through winter and I'm daft enough to don.