Tartan cockade?

[flyrod6057]

I think you should just send the hat cockade and badge all to me...

I'll get right on that!!

[madmacs]

I'll get right on that!!

Well it sounded perfectly reasonable to me

[flyrod6057]

Well it sounded perfectly reasonable to me

If you see me at the gathering in 2012, (should I make it to Duart) introduce yourself, and I will, in fact, hand over the bonnet. In return I would hope you'd entertain the idea of a wee nip o'scotch with your kinsman.

[madmacs]

If you see me at the gathering in 2012, (should I make it to Duart) introduce yourself, and I will, in fact, hand over the bonnet. In return I would hope you'd entertain the idea of a wee nip o'scotch with your kinsman.

Well apparently I'm a little late finding this, but if I can find the $$$...

[BoldHighlander]

When tartan is used as a cockade, it is usually just a square piece of material maybe three inches. I'd make it just a bit larger than your badge. You could back it with some light weight fusible interfacing and then stitch it on the bonnet. There is a photo of one in member Bold Highlander's album.

I see some others have posted some rather nice looking ones already.

Mine is a simple square (Macdonell of Keppoch), patterned after what is/was worn by the kilted Jocks in Highland military service:

[BoldHighlander]

I failed to mention earlier that mine is tacked down (hand stitched) at the corners to my WPG WW1 bonnet, and then the badge is pinned thru both.

Here is one that I like it is from a transvaal scottish pipe majors balmoral bonnet.

I love it!

Thanks for posting that Harold, I see what my next project will be!