I've a pal in Scotland that recently purchased some tartan for an arisaid from a supplier in england. She was quoted £7.50/metre for a lightweight material and £12.50/metre for heavyweight. So, we are talking approximately $14.18 and $23.68, at the current rate of exchange. No duty or shipping costs, obviously. I've asked her to contact her source, to get us more data and to see if they might be interested in possibly exporting material to the Colonies. I'll pass along whatever I can learn.

Alan, how do these prices stack up against the ones you've collected thus far?

Let's turn off the afterburners and slow down a little. If the project is going to fly at all, it is going to take TIME.
Thanks for adding another voice of reason, Doc. I agree, wholeheartedly. Rome wasn't built in a day.

As a possible scenario, I ordered material from Lochcarron the first week of October and it was mid-February before it was finally at my kiltmaker's door, in Cali. I am aware that Lochcarron had no material when I ordered, as they had just scrapped a run, so 4 months is likely going to be a reasonable wait for a mill to crank something out.

I'm sorry, but I still feel it is unrealistic to expect Rocky, Bear, Matt, et al, to bankroll a large material purchase. Let's face it, these fellows are trying to remain competitive in the market and supply their customer base with a fairly-priced product, so to ask them to finance this project is asking a bit much. I've no doubt that each of them are willing to help out with the project, but investing big dollars into a special project? Everybody has limits to what they can do.

Matt, if you see this, the package arrived yesterday. Who is the gent in those brochure photos, BTW? Thanks for taking care of me as you did!