I recently purchased a kilt on EvilBay. It was a very good deal, but then not so good of a deal. It is a nice fabric albeit light and it was definitely not so well made and machine stitched. It is about 4 yards of a medium weight wool with knife pleats. I saw a label in the images on Ebay but the label that I assumed was to the kilt (making me think it was quality/professionally made) was actually to the glengarry cap that came with the bid.

Anyway, I have three thoughts for this kilt...

1.) Sell it off and hope to regain my "losses."
2.) Tear out the stitching, press the pleats out, and re-make it into a old-fashioned box-pleated kilt of 4yds.
3.) Tear out the stitching and repurpose the fine fabric into something else (If the tartan was a match of something I currently have, it would make a smashing waistcoat).

Thoughts from the rabble?? I am currently leaning toward option #2, although I worry about how well I will be able to smooth out the current pleats.

Isaac