My first bona fide disaster

[Schiehallion]

[QUOTE=acolander;848270]Perhaps I'm missing something, but why would one need to cut a hole through the outer material for the under apron strap slit, as opposed to making the slit between two pleats by not stitching that part together.. I have one of my kilts made in that way and what an excellent solution to the slits for the strap!

[Farlander]

Perhaps I'm missing something, but why would one need to cut a hole through the outer material for the under apron strap slit, as opposed to making the slit between two pleats by not stitching that part together...

I think you means something like this:

The above is a Tewksbury box pleat with the strap coming through between two pleats. A nice way of doing things if you can work it. Of course, if you already made a slit somewhere else...

Perhaps all is not lost? The kilt strap on the other side should be close to the miss-cut. If the other strap partially or completely covers the hole, then there is not much to worry about.

Lastly, like 'nassbarijpm' suggested, a reweaving service will do a nice job of truly fixing the hole, but it will be a bit pricey.