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16th August 13, 01:03 PM
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My "Leaf Peeper" has arrived. :)
Several months ago, I commissioned a kilt in a tartan designed to celebrate my annual fall foliage trips back home to New England. Well today, my "Leaf Peeper" arrived. It's a 15oz weave from D.C. Dalgliesh, and is my first kilt pleated "to stripe". The photos don't do the colors justice.
Here it is, right out of the packaging, and the basting still in place.
The apron...
And the pleats...
KEN CORMACK
Clan Buchanan
U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
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16th August 13, 01:47 PM
#2
Very nice! Maple leaf colors, just in a different pattern.
Somebody ought to.
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16th August 13, 01:55 PM
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Ken: Beautiful tartan! It reminds me of my autumn days in upstate NY, Vermont, and NH.
Very nice kilt. Did Dalgliesh make it for you? I like the pleating, too, but I probably would have pleated it to sett to maintain that "fall color look" rear round (if you get my drift). Can't wait to see pics of you in it, especially in an autumn setting.  Congratulations.
John
I changed my signature. The old one was too ridiculous.
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16th August 13, 02:30 PM
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Mookien - yes, I had Dalgliesh produce the kilt, in addition to the fabric itself. Helen (the kiltmaker at Dalgliesh) did such an awesome job with my last two kilts, I was delighted to set her upon this one, too. Though I originally did contemplate pleating to the sett, I chose stripe, to make the contrast starker between the front and back of the kilt. (Besides - I already have Buchanans, with similar colors, pleated to the sett. I can wear those when I want more "loud".) LOL
I'll be giving this kilt it's first workout in about 8 weeks, when I head to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, in October.
KEN CORMACK
Clan Buchanan
U.S. Coast Guard, Retired
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, USA
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16th August 13, 03:49 PM
#5
OOOOOooooooooooooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh Purdy!
"REMEMBER!"
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16th August 13, 05:58 PM
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--dbh
When given a choice, most people will choose.
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21st August 13, 02:10 PM
#7
unixken,
That is a great looking kilt and I really like the pleat to the stripe. Very nice indeed!
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21st August 13, 03:07 PM
#8
..and before the Fall of the year, good timing!
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21st August 13, 03:29 PM
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Me like. Me like a lot. Well done.
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23rd August 13, 08:46 AM
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We want pictures when you are outside in Fall. Blending in very well I will bet.
Love the colors!
Humor, is chaos; remembered in tranquillity- James Thurber
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