where to wear a kilt?

[Kitty]

i didn't really wanna start a new thread cuz it's pretty much the same topic, but i just ran into a little problem

so apparently my boyfriend has no *** (still think it's nice though ;)

cuz i offically took his measurements last night and his "waist" is an inch more than his hips cuz of his belly. now this may not be a problem, but i'm just wondering about the darts that every instruction i've ever seen has and what i do about those (leave them out? - only thing i can think of).

i'm gonna try to draw up the plan/pattern today of what i'm gonna do and now that i have people i can ask, i'm totally taking advantage of it rather than just see what i'll do when i get to that step.

[Pleater]

The measurements might be the same, but I bet they are not vertically above eachother - that is, he is not a tube.

You need to shape the pleats to maintain contact with the surface of the body.

Kilts are actually designed in two parts, the back pleats which are shaped into the back of the waist and the under pleats and aprons which are usually unshaped within the fabric - that is no darts, but one or both the edges of each can be shaped.

You might have a better idea of how to shape his kilt if you fasten a thin belt or tape at his waist with a piece of tape hanging down at each side of the waist about one inch in front of the half way measurement - that would be where the pleats would stop - but you can move that forward if it does not look right - if he is deep in the body - then having pleats further forward on the side of the hips might look better. Make sure the side tapes are firmly fixed on the belt and hanging straight down, then measure the back waist and every two inches down from there - you can mark the tape at two inch intervals to help this.

Measure the front waist and below at two inch intervals if the measurement increases - you only want the maximum measurement and where it is in relation to the natural waist. If below the natural waist then it might be as well to put in darts to shape the aprons and help to keep the kilt in place.

Once you have this contour map you should be able to see how to narrow the pleats into the small of the back and the waist - you might need to only shape the back and not the sides, or whatever will make the best fit.