YOUR fantasy kilt...

[figheadair]

Thanks, Glen, but I have talked with Barb Tewksbury and she recommended against it. I know next-to-nothing about kilt-making, so I must go with her when she says I would not be happy with the result. In the case of the Clan Chattan, the heritage/historic value has to be considered, as well. So there are only two alternatives: set them aside for another generation, or lose girth. I'll probably go for the latter. That might just fulfill two fantasies

Or do both, just not in that order .

[ThistleDown]

Or do both, just not in that order .

Good thinking, Peter . We have a few kilts in the family that missed different generations, largely because of 'largeness'.

[Anokar]

Again, ya'll have taught me many things in a single thread...thanks to you all!

Fantasy kilts...my mind goes crazy just thinking about it! A tartan that could change colors and shades at just the brush of the hand, as if you were flipping thru the edges of a book. One that could be extended by just the slightest tug on the leather straps, to adjust to the perfect line in a sett! Yes, I have a wild imagination!


I also have a number of kilts I'd love to be able to afford, but as of yet...I'm waiting on my 13oz MacAlister Modern, Locharron , pleated to sett, etc.! Along with a tweed waistcoat in a green herring bone, which tends to pull out the green in my MacAlister tartan!


My next will be the franklin district tartan, designed in Franklin,NC at the tartan museum as a local tartan(ITI Number: 6678 ).6678franklin_district_.bmp

Then I'm going to design one pertaining to my patrilineal side of the family going back 6 generations, from Scotland to USA! But, that's a whole different thread!

Slainte,