Here are some pics of the construction of my sorta formal kilt. This is one of those OCD, snap every step kind of things. Let me know if there is a better place to put these.

For space and interest I will skip the "here is my ironed fabric" pic.

Here is the hem, folded twice over and then pinned, and pressed, then sewn.


Here is the framing square I used to mark all the chalk lines, the image following is the fell line marked, the pleat spacing marked, and the pleats numbered.




The marked pleats, under-apron and excess fabric:


The pinned pleats:


I sewed the pleats in two directions for ease and neatness, meaning I sewed all the right edges first and then turned the whole thing and sewed the left edges. Here it is mostly finished:


The following two pictures are of the pinned and pressed tapers before sewing:



Here is a blurry photo, trying to demonstrate how close together and neat the taper sewing is :


Finally an image of the finished tapering, demonstrating the curve that becomes apparent as foretold in Alan H's directions:


I have many many more images. Until the next post, kilt on!