Quote Originally Posted by Pleater View Post

Now I am really tired just at the moment, and it is almost oh one hundred hours - but I just thought - how about putting in extra pleats in the front - rather than one large under apron pleat have two or three, with shaping, so the pleated width is extended 4 or 6 inches, but then have the apron hide them - so there is more material at the front of the kilt, but not obviously so.

Would that help solve the problem?
I've thought about the notion of hiding an extra "accordion"...type box pleat under the over-apron to build in some extra "give". I haven't tried it, but it *might* work. This is similar to your idea.

Might be worth a shot, confusedpollak...