Dancing Kilt- Kilted to the Line

[Tarheel]

The sword dance is a vigorous exercise and will naturally flair pleats. I appreciate the combined flashes of the green and white (by the way you pleated your daughter's kilt) as she danced in the photos. I like the choice you made in its construction. I expect it catches the eye of other competitors and the judges also.

At first glance, I thought your son was wearing a Colquhoun tartan. Thank you naming the fabric.

I, like Glen, can't wait to see what you've made for your husband. The examples shown from other members have been fantastic. I can't see how one could mess up the Wildcat tartan anyway. Even is you don't surprise us with some new and inventive design, I bet it will be something your husband will be proud to own and wear.

[Celtic Mom]

The sword dance is a vigorous exercise and will naturally flair pleats. I appreciate the combined flashes of the green and white (by the way you pleated your daughter's kilt) as she danced in the photos. I like the choice you made in its construction. I expect it catches the eye of other competitors and the judges also.

At first glance, I thought your son was wearing a Colquhoun tartan. Thank you naming the fabric.

I, like Glen, can't wait to see what you've made for your husband. The examples shown from other members have been fantastic. I can't see how one could mess up the Wildcat tartan anyway. Even is you don't surprise us with some new and inventive design, I bet it will be something your husband will be proud to own and wear.

Tarheel,
Thank you for your kind words!

I was actually inspired to kilt my daughter's dancing kilt to the stripe after seeing the example Barb T made for her daughter out of Arctic Tartan. I love to watch dancer's kilts swing, and it is so fun to watch this one for the flashes of color!

The Murray tartan is quite similar to a number of other tartans, the Gunn tent tried to nab my son numerous times at the Salt Lake City games. I had to look up the Colquhoun tartan since I wasn't familiar with it, but they do look very similar.

My husband wanted his kilt done to the sett, no matter how I might tempt him with stripe examples. I like to kilt to the line partly because it is less work for me. The pleat around the stripe tends to stay more uniform because I know exactly where the edge should be.