"This kilt is too small ..." she said

[The Wizard of BC]

I know it is pretty nit-picky but did you measure the child at the same place the waistband is going to ride on the body?

For Children I usually stick two fingers inside my tape measure as I take my measurements to allow for the thickness of the fabric.

Having a kid kilt too big is never a problem. Cinch it up at first 'cause in three or four minutes they will have grown right into it.

[xman]

I know it is pretty nit-picky but did you measure the child at the same place the waistband is going to ride on the body?

Yes, measured and remeasured and measured again and again.

*sigh* I just tore out all the stitches except the pleats and I'll tear out three of those tomorrow and separate the join to add more fabric. I figure another half yard of fabric will give me almost five inches of pleat reveal and allow me to replace the deep pleat and reverse pleat (if that's possible). Then it should work as I expect allowing me to alter and drop the hem as the next few years pass. If it's worth doing ...

When I move on to my next which are a pair of box pleats for my 7 1/2 and 10 year old nieces, should I make as much allowance for the fabric depth as I should have with this one? I know box pleats take less material, but none gets cut away either so I'm thinking it'll balance itself out. The girls are also about 50% larger than my boy is.