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11th November 07, 04:36 PM
#1
X Marks Tartan Vest with X Marks Kilt
A long time ago Kathy Lare also sewed up an X Marks the Scot tartan vest for me.
Back then Matt Newsome had suggested having the tartan cut on the bias. Kathy Lare recommended it as she sewed it. I was learning to trust my kilt/vest maker and did.
My original intent was to wear it with solid color kilts. This weekend, was headed down to the Hopi reservation to see my lady and decided there'd be no kilt police there so wore it with my X Marks kilt.
Here's a pic on the mesa above Low Mountain, AZ.
Might help me get found by X Marks bretheren easier at highland games eh?
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member Scottish Tartans Authority, Owner Freelanders #4 & 5
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"I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
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11th November 07, 04:58 PM
#2
Ron that looks great. Especially since Kathy managed to line up the vertical white stripes on the apron and the vest. That is a classic look.
Brian
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11th November 07, 05:08 PM
#3
Ron,
That's terrific! You are indeed the Hamish of the West (of the pond). I wonder what white hose would have looked?
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11th November 07, 05:10 PM
#4
I tend to agree with Matt on this one Ron. It looks like Kathy did a great job, but my preference if I ever get a tartan vest will be to have it on the bias.
Convener, Georgia Chapter, House of Gordon (Boss H.O.G.)
Where 4 Scotsmen gather there'll usually be a fifth.
7/5 of the world's population have a difficult time with fractions.
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11th November 07, 05:12 PM
#5
Looking good Ron. I like the way Kathy cut it. Now imagine that with a Thorfinn w/ X Marks tartan?
The Grant.
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11th November 07, 05:13 PM
#6
Matt has a picture on his site of him in a matching tartan kilt and vest. Since seeing that I have been convinced it looks great. This reaffirms that sentiment.
“A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.” -C.S. Lewis
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11th November 07, 05:36 PM
#7
A brave choice to be sure, you pull it off well.
"If the Party could thrust its hand into the past and say this or that even, it never happened—that, surely, was more terrifying than mere torture and death."
- George Orwell, 1984, Book 1, Chapter 3
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11th November 07, 07:12 PM
#8
Looking good Ron! I imagine it would look wonderful in a dress occasion with a Sheffimuir jacket!
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12th November 07, 09:58 AM
#9
Usually, I would agree with cutting on the bias, but that outfit works for you. Especially with the sett lined up above and below.
I am easily moved for sympathy for dogs, far more so than for humans, because dogs do not understand. There is no way to explain that you will return, that the vet will make it all better, that they cannot go shooting today because that is not what today is about. They cannot work out that their misery is finite and will some time end, and so their misery is magnified.
Gerald Hammond
Mad Dogs and Scotsmen
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13th November 07, 09:38 AM
#10
 Originally Posted by Warhoover
Looking good Ron! I imagine it would look wonderful in a dress occasion with a Sheffimuir jacket!
This is something the world definitely needs to see: Ron in a Sheriffmuir, X-Marks tartan vest, and a jabot. 
Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon
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