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Luux

Pleats and apron

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(17-Jul-08 19:23)

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While walking the pleats swing. And lots of times they swing beside the front apron and stay there, causing a rather strange look. Have any of you have experience with this? And how could I avoid it? Straigtening it all the time with my right hand shouldn't be the solution.

Robin Lous

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(17-Jul-08 20:21)

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I'm not sure, but maybe the kilt is just a bit too big. It looks like the pleats go "round the corner".

I'm sure someone with better knowledge will chime in

Christopher NKM

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(17-Jul-08 20:26)

Southampton

The photo is inconclusive, but I can't see a kilt pin anywhere... it may be that the additional weight on the front apron will prevent the pleats from tucking under...

Christopher

paulhenrydesign

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(17-Jul-08 20:38)

Kingston upon Thames

Yes, Robin has it right!
Normally the apron doesn't go very far over the pleats, should probably just meet it , if it does it is likely to catch and then look a bit strange... as your photo!
The solution, much harder, losing a pleat might help, but would need to be done carefully, the apron can't really be made smaller as the pattern would be off centre...

but i;m sure that something could be sorted, perahps if you posted the measuremnt of the front apron/the pleats/ both at waistband and fell line, and then your own measurements it might help to give me an idea of sizes.

Pour1Malt

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(18-Jul-08 12:00)

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JakobT

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(18-Jul-08 14:13)

Oslo

One solution might to sew down the offending pleat. This will keep it flush with the inner apron, and the outer apron will hang naturally over the sewn-down pleat, making it invisible.

Luux

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(18-Jul-08 18:16)

paulhenrydesign wrote:
Yes, Robin has it right!
Normally the apron doesn't go very far over the pleats, should probably just meet it , if it does it is likely to catch and then look a bit strange... as your photo!
The solution, much harder, losing a pleat might help, but would need to be done carefully, the apron can't really be made smaller as the pattern would be off centre...

but i;m sure that something could be sorted, perahps if you posted the measuremnt of the front apron/the pleats/ both at waistband and fell line, and then your own measurements it might help to give me an idea of sizes.

Robin is right indeed. The front apron goes over 4 pleats. That's about 3,5 inches. And indeed, it sometimes looks like the pleats go "around the corner".

I did some measurement. In inches:

Front apron: 21 (top) 25 (fell line)
Pleats: 18 (top) about 33,5 (fell line)

I ordered the kilt:
waist 37. I have had it made to 35 recently, but the little pleatproblem has been there from the beginning on.
seat 43
length 25

Maybe you can sort something out. Now that I look at it again it seems a bit like the kilt itself is a little bit too big and that the straps were put on in a way to meet my measurements.

And JacobT: Great advice! If nothing else helps I just might go for that. Simple but good solution to the problem I think.
And P1M: I'll start today!

Last Edited By: Luux 19-Jul-08 07:11. Edited 2 times.

ScotinFrance

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(19-Jul-08 07:54)

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Grenoble

Luux wrote:
Now that I look at it again it seems a bit like the kilt itself is a little bit too big and that the straps were put on in a way to meet my measurements.

I had a so-called made-to-measure kilt that had obviously been done that way.
It was a replacement for a first attempt that came out far too short (although I had been measured in the shop), and looked like a 32-inch hastily altered to fit my 28 inches by shifting the straps. It too had pleats hidden under the apron -- and I never liked it.

And P1M: (" eat maire haggis an drink maire ale lad! ya arr tae skinny!")
I'll start today!

Watch it, Luux ! Once you've started expanding your waist-line, it's very hard to reduce it again.

You look fine the way you are (P1M is just jealous ;-) )

Martin

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