Tartan Creation

[macwilkin]

Sounds like you have the same sort of ethnic goulash of a background that I have.

Chef pointed out the Polish Tartan that I read about a while back.

I would remind you, though, that the Polish/Scots connection goes back to none other than Bonnie Prince Charlie himself.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Edward_Stuart

...by virtue of his mommy:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Klementyna_Sobieska

Toward the end of the Wikipedia article on BPC, you'll see that it has pretty much been concluded that the infamous Sobieski Stuart Brothers (who would, no doubt, be more than willing to whip up a tartan for you were they alive today) were, alas, not the true descendants of BPC. Another legend falls!

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There is of course, a "Prince Charles Edward Stuart" tartan -- and the Jacobite Army contained the Irish Piquets, Irish soldiers in the service of France who were seconded to the Pretender.

T.

[Kilted in Maine]

Yakshamash and Conas atá tú ?

Also being of Polish and Irish heritage (with some Scottish thrown in as well), I was intrigued by your post.

I opted for the SWK Irish Natl and have been toying with which direction to go next.

I had heard of the Polish tartan but appears it would be a special order. I found someone who could make a kilt for me. (http://www.alexismalcolmkilts.com/
and his reply-- " The Polish tartan ( # 7106) is new this year & indeed a "special weave". We can have it woven in 6 yard minimum runs making your "Hillwalker" Kilt $500.00. " )

Keep me posted on you sucess.

Thanks!

[McFarkus]

I attend "the Polish Seminary" (even though I am 0% Polish!) in Michigan...I don't think any of those guys at school would ever wear a kilt, unfortunately (some of them are awfully fond of the cassock, though!).

I wore a cassock as my main garment for two summers in the vocation program at st. Gregory's Abbey in Three Rivers, Michigan. It was my first experience of wearing an unbifurcated garment for regular day wear (i.e. not as a choir member or acolyte). It was extremely comfortable, no need to worry about the wind whipping it up and causing a ruckus. And no one asked what you were wearing under it (sometimes jeans, sometimes underwear and even nothing at all)

[Ian.MacAllan]

Check this out; it is very cool - the interactive tartan weaver. You can design your own tartan and have it woven:
http://houseoftartan.co.uk/interacti...ver/index.html . . .

This site unfortunately does not admit that its program is limited to setts of 15 stripes max. Of course, that limit is sufficient for a great many tartans but not e. g., Farquarson, which runs to 25 stripes. I have found three other tartan designers worth considering, but I admit I have not tested how many stripes each of them can accommodate:
http://www.tartanmaker.com/
http://www.scoutbase.org.uk/library/...ogs/tartan.htm
http://www.weddslist.com/cgi-bin/tar...g.pl?source=rb


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[gilmore]

It's going to cost you around $1000 just to have the tartan designed and registered. Then there is the cost of the kilt, kilted skirts, plaids, etc, for something that most likely you would wear only a few times a year. If I were you I wold look for something already in existence, unless you have (1) quite a few people who are interested in sharing the expenses with you or (2) more money than you know what to do with.

[cnovack]

I had heard of the Polish tartan but appears it would be a special order. I found someone who could make a kilt for me. (http://www.alexismalcolmkilts.com/
and his reply-- " The Polish tartan ( # 7106) is new this year & indeed a "special weave". We can have it woven in 6 yard minimum runs making your "Hillwalker" Kilt $500.00. " )

I had a Galway kilt made for my brother, as a best man's gift, by Alexis Malcolm. She does GREAT work.

Highly recommended.

Thanks to all for the responses. I am still pondering which direction to go. We'll see.

[Redshank]

You might want to look at the Sobieski-Stewart tartan #7096 on the Scottish Tartans Authority website

http://www.tartansauthority.com/Web/site/cart2.asp

It actually looks a lot better than the web can show


Chris

www.redshankkilts.co.uk
www.inveraraytweed.co.uk

[davedove]

It's going to cost you around $1000 just to have the tartan designed and registered. Then there is the cost of the kilt, kilted skirts, plaids, etc, for something that most likely you would wear only a few times a year. If I were you I wold look for something already in existence, unless you have (1) quite a few people who are interested in sharing the expenses with you or (2) more money than you know what to do with.

It is expensive, but a big part of that cost is weaving the cloth. It's certainly not for everyone, but there is a certain pride in being able to say "This is MY personal tartan."

[TheKiltedWonder]

Yakshamash and Conas atá tú ?

Actually, it's Jak sie masz
My mom's Irish and Polish. Sounds like we have a bunch of us here. Let's get this tartan started!

[auld argonian]

I do like that Sobieski Stuart tartan....

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