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View Poll Results: Which is your favorite Chicago District Tartan | |
Design No.1
|     | 8 | 11.27% | |
Design No.2
|    | 16 | 22.54% | |
Design No.3
|    | 8 | 11.27% | |
Design No.4
|    | 39 | 54.93% |
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09-18-2008, 08:08 AM
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I like #1, only because it looks the best to me in an imagined kilt form.
Someone now has to make up a kilt pin with four six pointed stars.
My maternal grandfather was born in Evanston at a location that has now become part of the Northwestern Univ campus.
Ron
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09-18-2008, 08:32 AM
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I am a Chicago area resident and kilt wearer. They are all nice but to me #2,3, and 4 look too much like other tartans. I would like #1 a lot better if it had more blue in it since Chicago blue has a strong appeal to me. #1 has a different look to it and Chicago is a distinctive city which requires a tartan that has its own look.
Kiltr
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09-18-2008, 09:15 AM
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My favourite is probably 2. 1 and 4 would both look nice too I'm sure.
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09-18-2008, 12:17 PM
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I'll throw my hat in with #2! Has quite the Holiday-feel to it, to me. If I had to pick a second, it would be #4, although it a little dark.
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09-18-2008, 02:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Dean  Ahhhh...A Chicago Tartan. Yeah, baby!
Maybe you should submit a North Sider tartan and a seporate South Sider tartan...Any other Chicagoans agree? (North Sider here...Go Cubbies!!!) | Maybe we can get Turpin to make Northside and Southside sporrans. The Southside one would have a World Series trophy on the flap, and the Northside one a choking bear. 
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09-18-2008, 02:13 PM
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From a kiltmaker's perspective, all of them will pleat pretty well to the sett. Although, the complex blue/white/red stripe could be a nightmare if it's about the width of a pleat (and the central red isn't wide enough to make it possible to split the central red between two pleats).
I think, though, that the tartan will _not_ pleat well to the stripe. All of the likely candidates for pleating to the stripe are too wide - especially the complex blue/white/red stripe.
Tartans that pleat well to the stripe have a narrow (1/4" or 3/8" max) stripe that stands out well against the adjacent background colors. If the stripe is any wider, all you see is the stripe in the pleat, and very little of the adjacent color, and that adjacent color can vanish if the pleat tapers at all. If you try to pleat to a multiple stripe, it might be OK if the pleats don't taper any, but it is entirely possible that you can't pleat to it at all if it's about the same width or wider than a typical pleat.
You can see what the issues are in the pics in the followng thread: http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/p...454/index.html |
09-18-2008, 03:48 PM
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I really like the unique look of #3. It was a hard pick between #3 and #4. I chose #3. #1 may be a lttle too red (I like it though) and #2 looked a little "Christmasy" as Aldisimo stated.
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09-18-2008, 07:06 PM
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I really like #1 and #4, but I think #1 is most distinctive. While I like the historical associations of #4, it seems close to a number of existing tartans.
I'm not particularly keen on either #2 or #3.... The red/green combo comes across as being too Chistmas-y for my personal taste.
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09-18-2008, 09:49 PM
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Personally, I'm for number 4. We'll just have to keep in mind (from what Barb said), that we won't be able to pleat any of these to the stripe).
Brian
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09-19-2008, 04:19 AM
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A small Thompson sub-machine gun would be the perfect kilt pin to go with the Chicago tartan!  (I like #4....)
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