Wow, I’m impressed! I live in Scotland and have never heard of anyone making a kilt at home. That’s quite a task you’ve taken on. You must be almost done if you’ve got to the buckles, so well done. Hope hand sewing works.
After I'm done, I still can't claim to have made a traditional kilt. This is the one my hubby finally chose:
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-Cargo-Kilt/It's a "utility" kilt- basically a khaki pleated skirt! He wants buckles instead of the snaps the above link uses. A pretty basic pattern. It's been funny using these instructions as they were written by some man who obviously had no knowledge of actual sewing methods and just figured it out as he went. He did a good job, but I did things a bit more normally than he instructs.
My hubby, like most Americans, is a mixed bag of linage, but he has always latched onto the Irish in his bloodline and claimed that over other options. He's been bugging me for a kilt for YEARS. I have dragged my feet, and put it off, and he couldn't find a plaid he liked, and the length of wool for a traditional kilt is expensive, so he finally settled on this. It is most definitely an act of love, because I do NOT want my hubby walking around town, or even the yard, in a SKIRT. With any luck he will only wear it to the Renaissance Festival.