Quote Originally Posted by Riverkilt View Post
Interesting. My understanding is that hand sewn kiltmakers abhore pins and never use them. They look at pinning pleats as the mark of a tailor, not a kiltmaker.
The Art of Kiltmaking calls for use of one pin per pleat. Barb T later "confessed" that she pins the heck out of each pleat, but the book is written per Elsie's stringent protocol.

If pins are good enough for Barb, they're good enough for me! Goes without saying (but then it usually has to be said) that others are welcome to their own thoughts on the issue.