Tartan mini kilts

[bonnie heather]

There's no rise on these mini-kilts. But the pleats do have some taper.

I measured the "low waist" for each person at the level of 1" below the belly button. Also I took the seat/hip measurement. For the length, I asked each dancer to hold her arms against her side with hands hanging down. Then I measured from the "low waist" at the top ... down the side of her leg to where the bottom of her middle fingertip hits touches her leg. The longest kilt was 14" and the shortest was 12".

I used 2 panels of tartan, seamed at the back...which came out to about 3 yards. There wasn't enough fabric to make an A-line shaped apron, so I made it straight up and down, But since the mini kilts are so short, I think it worked out okay. If I had more yardage, I would have done the traditionally A shaped apron and would have made
more pleats that would be less wide.