I just made and sent a kilt to a pal of mine in Dumfries. I'm bugging him for pictures at this point.
I have shown a pic of it in the DIY forum. It is made in the Leslie M.C. and was the tartan of...

Greetings all, 31 July, 12:46pmMST

Just to let all of you know about the formation of "The Idaho Tartan Day Society".

Not much at the website yet, but hopefully we get it...

it takes me a month. Period. Mind you now, I'm not working at this full-time. A few hours here and there and on weekends, when I don't have more pressing matters at hand.

All my kilts are 99%...

Right you are!

T.

Greetings all, 23 February, 912pmMST

Macthenife and I are putting together an informal celebration of NTD.

When........
7pm, Friday 9 April

where...........

Greetings, 21 February, 724amMST

Yer mum has been extremely helpful to me over the years as I have learned and refined my workmanship on kilts.

Might be helpful...

Greetings all, 1 February, 06:30MST

Thanks once again to all for your kind comments. I am humbled.......

The hose are actually cream and the shirt a pale yellow.
...

Greetings all, 31 January, 1025amMST

Thanks all for your kind comments. The kilt has a bit over four yards in it. The Argyll, waistcoat and bonnet, took about...

Greetings all, 31 January, 842amMST

This is me in the tweed kit that I completed. Got the kilt finished on Friday night, and the Dinner was last night. I have posted pix of the...

Greetings all, 8 January, 557amMST

Don't know if any of you have seen this yet, but here goes.......
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Greetings all, 29 November, 709pmMST

I just saw some tartan offerings on ebay.

http://stores.ebay.com/Canadian-Tartans

They have all the Provincial tartans,...

Greetings all, 28 November, 751amMST

The worst thing I've ever done is go to a gig with a reed that isn't entirely broken in yet.

Fide et Fortitudine, aye,

T.

Greetings all, 21 November, 4:31pmMST


I have wondered a lot about common names associated with a person's trade. Tailor, Smith, Weaver, Gardner, Warden,...

Greetings again, 20 November, 6:18pmMST

Here is a link to one of the better sites about the 16th century Borders.

http://http://www.nwlink.com/~scotlass/border.htm...

Greetings, 20 November, 6:08amMST Taylor (Tailor), was one of the Riding Surnames of The Borders, on the English side during the 16th century. According to the...

Oops.........

I see that our Brother Macthenife is already a member of the Order.

Greetings all, 10 November, 632pmMST

Holy cow! All this hubbub and I'm not a part of it.............

Where do I enlist? I'll bring the pipes along.

Need to get...

Greetings Brother, 3 November, 1236pmMST

Looks very good. You'll have ot do this again after I get the Argyll and waistcoat made up for you.

Fide et Fortitudine,...

Greetings all, 25 Oct. 632amMST

Many thamks to all for the kind comments.

Fide et Fortitudine, aye!

T.

Greetings all, 24 October, 649pmMST

Here is my latest creation..........

This is for my son in Hawai'i. Some of you may have seen the pix of his kilt that I posted up...

Greetings all, 22 October, 06:59MST

I have spotted the pattern on eBay. There is like 7 hours left. Current price is about $3. Pattern has the large and x-large...

I did a re-model of a black and gray herringbone into an Argyle for a local pal of mine. I found the jacket at a local thrift store and it was long enough to successfully convert it. A little from...

Greetings all, 10 October, 322pmMST

I stumbled across this and ot might work for someone....

Greetings all, 8 October, 12:34MST

I agree that it isn't in anyones' best interest to go bursting the bubble of another.

for example.........

"Clan"...

Greetings all, 9 October, 657amMST

Some of you are going to want to punch me out for this, but here goes anyhoo....

The concept of "Clan" is a Highland and Island...