Jamie,

I understand that this is a fanciful Macbeth "costume" and not meant to be historically accurate at all, and that's ok.

But I couldn't help but cringe at the method of putting on the feilidh-mor! It looks like you've got a single width cloth (maybe a double width cloth folded over in half?) that you've pleated and wrapped around for the "kilt" part, leaving enough excess material in the outer apron to bring up over the shoulder for the "plaid" part of the outfit.

I've seent this done in a few Braveheartesque costumes, but the problem is that nowhere have I seen any actual indication that the Scottish people ever wore the feilidh-mor in this kind of arrangement. In fact, the earliest I've seen this style of kilt is 1995 with the release of Braveheart!

I think you should go for a more historical look, even though this is not really an historical costume. It will really look more like you know what you are doing.

To begin with, make sure your fabric is double width, and make sure you have at least 4 yards of it, if not five.

Then lay the fabric out on the ground (I know, I know, some people object to this method, but it's really the easiest way to do it, especially for someone new to this). Starting at one end, leave a secton unpleated that's roughly half your waist size. This will be one apron. Then begin to gather the cloth into rough pleats. By no means should you worry about making these pleats nice and even. Just roughly gather the cloth until you have a gathered section that is, again, about half your waist size. Leave another unpleated section on the other end -- again, half your waist size. That's the other apron.

Then lay down on the cloth, parallel to the pleats/folds, with the bottom of the cloth about your knees (where you want the kilt to fall). Wrap the aprons over you, then grab your belt and run it under your waist. Belt everything on snugly.

Stand up. You'll have the longer end of the fabric now hanging over the top of your belt. There are any number of ways to arrange the upper part of the plaid around your shoulders. Expirament a little, or shoot me an email and I can go into more detail.

But wearing the plaid this way will give you a better historical look, and make me happier. :-)