Box pleats

[Kiltman]

I’m busy making my first box pleated kilt and was wondering what one does the extra fabric above the fell. In Barb’s book on knife pleated kilts you cut it out, carefully. Does one do the same with a box pleat?

[chasem]

I remember reading a post by MAC Newsome in some thread (don't remember which) where he stated that the material you are talking about does not get cut. I remember him stating that this makes it easy to have the kilt remade should the owner gain or lose weight causing it not to fit right.

I don't know if that was the reason for it, but he did state that as a bonus.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

In a four yard box pleated kilt I do *not* cut out any cloth inside the pleats. The reason this is done on a standard eight yard kilt is because otherwise you'd end up with a huge bulk of material there at your back. It would simply be uncomfortable (trust me -- I've tried on a homemade kilt once where the person didn't do this).

With a four yard kilt, though (box pleated or knife pleated) that just isn't neccesary. In fact, leaving the cloth in not only gives you a bit more body, but it also (as Chase said) makes it easier to alter the kilt should you need to in the future.

In a "true" box pleated kilt, there should be little or no overlap in the pleats -- the pleat width should be about 1/3 the size of the sett, which would give you three layers of cloth at any given point in the back of the kilt. Not enough to warrant taking siccors to the cloth!

Aye,
Matt

[Kiltman]

I knew I'd get an answer to my question from you guys. I'll not cut it out. Thanks Matt and Chase.
Slainte

[switchblade5984]

please explain the box kilt and how to fold it

thanks

or a point in the right direction

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Pictures on this page show the difference between a box pleated kilt and the more standard knife pleated kilt.
http://kilts.albanach.org/details.html

[switchblade5984]

thank you i was looking on your site but i must have passed that

[bubba]

Military box pleating is different than Matts box pleating and takes up much more fabric.

[switchblade5984]

got a pic?

[bubba]

got a pic?

I'll see about taking a shot of mine, but it's like making a knife pleat, then turning the leading inch back. On my Cameron it's like making a 5 inch deep knife pleat then folding the leading 1 inch back over the pleat.