How To Pleat A Kilt

Kilt Apparel

The Scottish kilt is the wrapped apparel and wear in a unique way as the front side is the plain side while the backside of the body has pleats. This apparel has some similarities of skirts, shorts and pants. We can say that it is the mixture of all bottom wear. It is the interesting apparel which is famous all over the world, not only in Scotland and Ireland. The kilt is originated from Scotland but spread all over the world, so everyone can wear the kilt, there is no restriction.

The tartan kilt is the most wearable kilt all over the world which have two major sides, front side and backside. Although all sides are important and should be stitched according to the Scottish standard but the main important side is the backside which has pleats. We will discuss more about the backside of the kilt in the next paragraph.

The Beauty Of The Kilt

The Scottish kilt is one of the beautiful and premium culture dress which is not only popular in the origin country but also in other countries of the world.  Every bottom wear has its specialty which differentiate it from other. The Scottish kilt is also has a special feature which differentiate this apparel from others. The most attractive side of the Scottish kilt is the backside where there are too many pleats. Pants and shorts do not have pleats because these are the different garment. The more pleats at the backside of the kilt, the more attractive that Scottish kilt.

However, there are too many fabrics in which the kilts are made but the important fabric is tartan. The cotton kilts, denim kilts, leather kilts and Camo kilts have lesser pleats then traditional tartan kilt. The tartan fabric is the basic fabric of the kilt and pleating is also very easy. We can say that, the beauty of the kilt is lies on the back side pleats.

Kilt Vs Skirt

The Scottish kilt is look like a women skirt but there are some differences between these two apparels. We are here to discuss the important difference which is pleat. The men kilts or kilts have more pleats because men loves to wear more pleat kilts while women skirts have lesser pleats that is why in Scotland, people prefer kilts over skirts.

Important Question Regarding Pleats

We are going to discuss some important question regarding pleats in the next paragraphs. This interesting information not only helpful for the makers but also for the non-Scottish peoples.

• How To Pleat A Kilt?
• Are kilts pleated?
• Where pleats go on a kilt?
• How many pleats are in a kilt?
• Which Kilt Has More Pleats?

How To Pleat A Kilt?

Many non-Scottish people wanted to know How To Pleat A Kilt because it is interesting thing for them. Pleating a kilt is fun and  very easy, everyone can do it by couple of practice. For accurate pleating, you must need a best stitching machine, Iron, needle and matching color thread. You can do manually but it cannot give perfection. So, machine pleating gives best result.

We are professional in this field and knows how can do pleating according to the Scottish standard. You can do pleating easily either to the sett or the strip. The calculation is very easy, e.g., if the size of the sett was 8 inches then one pleat should be 9 inches.

Are kilts pleated?

There are two methods of pleating, to the sett and to the strip, so whatever method you can choose is acceptable. However, our company do pleating to the sett because this pattern of pleating loves by our customers. You can choose your own style of pleating, as there is no specific rule and restriction regarding pleating.

According to the Scottish survey, the civilian kilts are pleated to the sett pattern while the military or army kilts are pleated to the strip. Now a days, there are no specific rule regarding pleating, you can do whatever you feel easy but always use hot Iron and matching thread.

Where pleats go on a kilt?

The kilt is the wrapping apparel unlike other apparels, you can wrap on the body at the waist or belly button. The Scottish kilt has plain side and the pleated side, the plain side should be on your front body side while the pleats should go on your back side. Many non-Scottish people often make mistakes while wearing the kilt, the pleat side is on the front side and the plain side is on the back side. You should always wear the kilt in the right direction.

How many pleats are in a kilt?

However, there is no specific rule of number of pleats, each kilt has different number of pleats. It also depends on your or kilt wearer choice that how many pleats he or she wants in the kilt. It also depends on the type of the kilt, e.g. the box style kilts have less but deep pleats while the traditional tartan kilts have more but narrow pleats.

Which Kilt Has More Pleats?

There are too many various and designs in the Scottish and Irish kilts and every type of kilt has different number of pleats. The utility style kilts such as cotton, leather, denim and Camouflage kilts have less pleats while traditional tartan plain kilt have more pleats. Among all kilts, the traditional tartan kilt is the most attractive and precious kilts because of pleats.

Pleats in the Great kilt

The great kilt is the original form of the kilt in which the unstitched tartan or wool fabric worn on the full body. The excess fabric should drop over the right shoulder and fasten with the kilt pin or brooch. Furthermore, the great kilt wears in the similar way as the tartan kilt  i.e., the front side is plain while the backside has the pleats. The great kilt is made with the 6-8 yard fabric, so it has more pleats. There is no need stitching machine for pleating the great kilt, manual pleating is preferable and it is easy as compared to other type of kilts.

Final Words

In this article, we not only discuss the answer of this question How To Pleat A Kilt but also explained other important pleating questions. If you like this pleating kilt article, then share it with your friends.