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    Fraser Red Pleated to a Red Stripe

    I'd like your opinions on this idea.

    http://community.webshots.com/photo/...64280417UDbwGp

    Thanks for your thoughts.

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    My preference is to pleat to the stripe rather than the sett, and I like the look of this. I think it would be a difficult kilt to sew (those red stripes are all rather close together), but the end result looks great to me.

    Kevin

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    What would it look like to the white stripe??

    I do like the overall 'purple' look, too.... I bet it would look neat when swaying.....

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    i rather like the look. no idea about the difficulty factor. it seems that the lighter colours would FLASH as the kilt swung!
    macG

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    Thanks guys. My eye was not sure about all the little red horizontal lines. I thought it might make it look too chopped up and loose any effect of a solid horizontal line.

    I really like Pleated to stripe as well and would love to make a Fraser tartan work to stripe.

    Pleated to the white looks awful. The colors are so faded that it appears pink and white.

    Comparing it to a Gordon Modern to stripe you really see the difference in effect.

    The difficulty is a concern as well but I think your pleat would span the blue stripes on each side of the red. Maybe our many qualified kilt makers could advise me on this.

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    How do I like it?

    If I could afford it, I'd order one pleated like that for the man who was Secretary for our Lodge for 47 years. He often wears a tie in the Fraser Red Tartan.

    Does that answer the question?

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