too long?

[Barb T]

I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.

[DWFII]

I just hemmed three of our 16 oz band kilts, and you frankly can't tell they've been hemmed. But 22 oz is _way_ thicker. I wouldn't try to hem a 22 oz kilt.

You can't take it off the top without an enormous amount of reconstruction and reshaping of pleats.

Barb,

Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]

[Barb T]

Barb,

Thank you for that advice. I thought I had read somewhere here that the waist band could be taken off and a small amount removed from the drop. [sigh]

Remember that the apron and pleats taper from the hips to the center of the buckles and then is straight or even flares slightly in the rise above the center of the buckles. So, removing the top of the rise just makes the rise shorter - the kilt still rides at the waist at the center of the buckles, so the bottom still hangs to the same level.