The Day Plaid wrapped and pinned in Victorian era

[Arnot]

A great photo! You look very dapper indeed What tartan is that?
Something shocked me the other day, my kilt makers who are excellent, extremely experienced (40 years) and Scottish trained, have never made a Day Plaid! ( They make heaps of Fly, Piper's and Drummer's plaids).
They hadn't even heard of it until I explained. Blew me out, it just shows how far we have fallen ha ha. I have that book from the 40's I mentioned above and every third Scotsman has a day plaid. Not just Laird's by any means.
Anyhow it's very cool that you have one and are getting another one made. It's good to please yourself in this world and wear what you wish and what suits your taste.
I love the cosy down to earth practicality of the Day Plaid. Cheers!

Thanks. The tartan is MacKenzie in weathered colours.

It's strange that they had never made a day plaid. If they made a pipers plaid, they should have gone through the steps to make a day plaid on the way through the process of making the piper's plaid. That's what I do anyway. First, I make what amounts to a day plaid. Then I pleat/baste the length of it. I then press it. When it's dry from pressing, I put 7-8 sets of stitches cross-ways. I remove the basting and then put stitches down the crease of the loose pleats. The loose pleats get a few rows of basting to hold it together until the customer receives it. So, actually, I'm not getting another one made. I'm making it myself as I did the first one.