Book about the making of Hamish's 100th kilt

[Barb T]

Hi all,

In one of the other posts in this section, I mentioned that my daughter and I were putting together a book using the photos that my husband took to chronicle the making of Hamish's 100th kilt. The book is done, and Hamish has his copy, so I thought I'd post a little bit more about the book for all y'all.

iPhoto is a terrific and easy-to-use program for a Mac that lets you assemble a book of photos using a template. It lets you pick the arrangement of images on a page, sizes, etc., and, when you're done arranging the book, you click "buy book", and, about 10 days later, a book arrives in your mailbox complete with a hard cover and a printed dust jacket. Quite fab!

Anyway, here's the cover of the book plus a few of the pages (not the whole thing). I'll split the images over two posts. Carolyn did a fabulous job on the design!

The front cover:


The back cover:


The front fly leaf:


The back fly leaf:


Tribute to Hamish:


And a few more pictures from inside the book. The tartan registration:


Kilt chronology:

[Barb T]

And a few more pages from the book.

The kilt in Iceland:


Kilt map:


More kilt sewing in Iceland:


Pressing the kilt:


Robert Pel's fabulous straps and buckles:


Finishing and packing the kilt:

[MacBean]

A new kilt with a history already! Fantastic.

Does Dalgleish require 16 yrd minima, or do the two 8 yrd pieces get used somehow?

I tried to click on the photo of husband and daughter, but of course, it didn't grow any bigger. A shame, but glad to see them.

Deansboro and Phoenixville don't seem that close together, or the world is bigger than I realized!

[Barb T]

Dalgliesh will do a single kilt length (single width, 8 yards).

Deansboro and Phoenixville are in about the right places, actually!

Here's a blow-up of "The Help". In case anyone is interested, the tartans are US Air Force and New Hampshire!

[Freelancer]

Barb, what an absolutely wonderful chronicle! Well done to all involved. Thanks for sharing with us.

[Santa Wally]

What a KEEPSAKE, both the kilt and the book of photos. Thanks for making the post about the book and photos.

[artificer]

Fantastic.

It's the little extra touches (or in this case, BIG extra touches) like this that really differentiate the true artists from even the very best 9-5ers.

The love that goes into a project like this is so very evident.

Thanks for sharing it with all of us.

[Standard]

What a great commemoration of a wonderful man and his kilt. Thanks for sharing pictures of this historic kilt with us.

[McClef]

What a beautiful and indeed unique publication!

My only concern is that the kilt map does not show where the great man and his other kilts actually reside - Storrington is off the map!

[Oddern]

What a wonderful way to preserve this historic event.
Skål!