[kid icarus]

i've been looking around the internets here and there looking for a sash to pin around my fiancee at our wedding. anyone know where i can get a davidson sash? please message me privately to keep from breaking rules.

also, any idea on items to pin the sash with? or is it more traditional to tie it?

[Bob C.]

Originally Posted by kid icarus

i've been looking around the internets here and there looking for a sash to pin around my fiancee at our wedding. anyone know where i can get a davidson sash? please message me privately to keep from breaking rules.

also, any idea on items to pin the sash with? or is it more traditional to tie it?

I bought my wife and daughters brooches to pin their sashes. You should be able to get the sashes from any decent dealer of Scottish attire.

[Kett]

Scotweb (ad on the top right corner of your screen) can do sashes in any tartan, I think. If they don't have it stocked there is often a minimum material requirement but they add the extra material to your order so it's pretty easy to navigate.

[JSFMACLJR]

Originally Posted by kid icarus

i've been looking around the internets here and there looking for a sash to pin around my fiancee at our wedding. anyone know where i can get a davidson sash? please message me privately to keep from breaking rules.

also, any idea on items to pin the sash with? or is it more traditional to tie it?

Do try to get a silk sash, rather than a wool one. They are more expensive, but much nicer and more suitable for evening wear.

Here's a good site:
http://www.clangatherings.com/index.html

[M. A. C. Newsome]

We have three options, including silk.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/tartan_sashes.htm

[MacLowlife]

I vote for silk.

May I suggest that you practice several times, however you intend to fasten it?

[Chas]

Originally Posted by JSFMACLJR

Do try to get a silk sash, rather than a wool one. They are more expensive, but much nicer and more suitable for evening wear.

Here's a good site:
http://www.clangatherings.com/index.html

Originally Posted by M. A. C. Newsome

We have three options, including silk.
http://giftshop.scottishtartans.org/tartan_sashes.htm

I too would agree that silk is the best option. I have heard of and seen cushion covers made of the silk afterwards as a useful and permanent reminder of the day. Rather than be stuffed away in a drawer for all eternity and forgotten about.

Regards

Chas

[The Barry]

Originally Posted by MacLowlife

I vote for silk.

May I suggest that you practice several times, however you intend to fasten it?

Indeed, it may look simple, but practice will pay off on the big day!

[piperdbh]

I have a couple of yards of tartan Davidson I'm trying to sell:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-weight-56481/

If you had it, you could cut off a strip for a sash, or she could wear it as a shawl, or you could have a honeymoon picnic blanket, or any of the above, PM me if you're interested.

[thescot]

When our own SouthernScot got married, he presented his new bride with a tartan sash (wool, and I recommend it), and I tied their wrists with a piece of tartan in a handfasting part of the traditional service. (I added the handfasting protion after doing a lot of research. I tied it loosely around their wrists and left it tied when I removed it.)

That tartan from David might work well for you.