DIY Tartan Waistcoat - US Army Tartan

[RAF]

excellent work! you even matched the pattern on the self covered buttons - I imagine that took some doing. Nice detailing on the back as well. I'm guessing the material for the waistcoat was purchased separately from that of the kilt? Slight dye lot variation - but negligible on the overall look. Very smart.

[longhuntr74]

excellent work! you even matched the pattern on the self covered buttons - I imagine that took some doing. Nice detailing on the back as well. I'm guessing the material for the waistcoat was purchased separately from that of the kilt? Slight dye lot variation - but negligible on the overall look. Very smart.

Read my notes about the two tartans between the last two pictures...yes they are different manufacturers and weights...which gives an INTENDED difference in look, complementing, yet not matching! The buttons themselves were not made to go where they are (in fact, I made the buttons back in August or September of 2010)...I just made a bunch of them out of scraps...and then selected them to roughly mirror that element of the tartan. It was somewhat planned and somewhat good fortune that I could find ones that closely matched the elements where they were to be placed!

[Panache]

Looking forward to seeing your work in person my friend next Saturday!

Cheers

Jamie

[RAF]

Read my notes about the two tartans between the last two pictures...yes they are different manufacturers and weights...which gives an INTENDED difference in look, complementing, yet not matching! The buttons themselves were not made to go where they are (in fact, I made the buttons back in August or September of 2010)...I just made a bunch of them out of scraps...and then selected them to roughly mirror that element of the tartan. It was somewhat planned and somewhat good fortune that I could find ones that closely matched the elements where they were to be placed!

Sorry, I missed that. Regardless, like I said, it looks wonderful. Wear it in good health!