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    Greetings,

    My advice is take your time with it...if after a time you aren't feeling the design anymore, you can make more changes or start again and when you feel it can't be improved upon and it's arranged to compliment its rationale, thats when to get it done...for me I spent 2 years working on my personal tartan, I went through so many setts my head was spinning and often headaches ensued...LOL, but have fun with it, and enjoy the creative freedom that comes with exploring the possible arrangements, of the colours that have a special meaning to you.

    Good Luck!

    All the best,


    Graham
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    I like this new design very much, Scott. Less 'busy' than the first, but still expressive with 'depth'. Yes, I like the new direction.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
    I like this new design very much, Scott. Less 'busy' than the first, but still expressive with 'depth'. Yes, I like the new direction.
    I'm with 'X'!

    Scott, of the two new designs, I personally like the 2nd one with the additional vanilla line in the blue field just a wee bit better. Something about it really grabs me.

    Having said that though, mine is just one opinion (and you will receive many). In the end its your choice that counts....I like what Graham said about taking your time with it.

    I can't wait to see what you finally come up with & see it worn as a kilt!


    Quote Originally Posted by artificer View Post
    After a lot of fiddling about, I've come up with another design that I think I'm happier with- having taken the feedback from the prior design.

    The green is gone, as I am having trouble balancing the design without it ending up GREEN or just 'blah'.



    I've simplified the darker field, and gone with a richer, more coppery colour. The blue is fairly close to what I want as well.

    Below is a variant incorporating an additional vanilla stripe through the blue field, but I don't think that I like this one as much as the above.



    Any thoughts from the rabble? I still really like the idea of the lighter, more simple blue field being 'hidden' inside the pleat, either as a box or knife pleat which would give a very dynamic 'reveal' as the pleats swish.
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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    Have you tried printing several copies of these designs, taping them together and then pleating them in different ways? That might help in the design process, as well as giving you some direction toward which pleat style will look best.

    I like the latest design with the "vanilla" stripe. I want you to box-pleat the tartan to hide the light blue, so you'll have the light "flash" when you walk.
    --dbh

    When given a choice, most people will choose.

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    Very nicely done -- even if it's still a work in progress!

    *** in favor of the version w. the "vanilla" stripe.

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