Quote Originally Posted by way2fractious View Post
You got it, Alan. See? Once you get the kiltmaking basics, extending that knowledge into the other pleating styles is a natural thing. Is this one to be handsewn?

w2f
I'm debating on this. I have, for all practical purposes, a deadline on this one, so much of it will have to be machine-sewn. This weekend I marked and cut off the damaged selvedge and locked down the raw edge by triple-zig-zagging it. So it's already "contaminated" with machine-sewing. And of course I will machine-sew the inside of the waistband.

However, I blind-stitched the hem by hand (it's only 12 feet). Since there are only 6 pleats, hand-sewing the pleats would go fast. On the other hand, I've figured out a way to machine-sew box pleats from the inside (not top-stitching) so that no stitching shows at all, so what's the point of hand-sewing? So I dunno.