Newbie.........I like that term

**torcastle** · 1st January 05, 10:43 PM

I think I just might try to find that book. Not that I have a heck of a lot of time to read these days but who knows, maybe I'll discover a way to add 3 days to the week. Wouldn't that be remarkable!

Patty.

**GMan** · 3rd January 05, 08:19 PM

Patty,

A mighty big Howdy and Welcome

**torcastle** · 3rd January 05, 08:54 PM

Originally Posted by bubba

I'm still learning to make my own. I just got Barbs book so I know I'll improve fast at kiltmaking.

With Barb and Elsie's book you just can't go wrong. It seems so overwhelming at first but go at it slowly and methodically (not my forte but I made myself slow down). It will all make sense in no time. Barb is also good for email advice. She's always willing to give it and is very thourough and informative in her explanations and always replies quickly. I hope she doesn't mind me letting that out of the bag but I figure since she's on this forum she's probably sharing her talents with everyone!
Good luck and I hope to see a photo of your fist foray into a traditional kilt. The photo of my niece that Bear posted a few posts back was my second and I'm pretty chuffed with it. Heck, I'm quite proud of my first one and love to show it off too. Just don't have any good shots of that one.
Let me know how it goes.
Patty.

**beerbecue** · 3rd January 05, 09:29 PM

Welcome Patty,

Nice looking kilts! I am just making my first kilt using Barb's instructions, and couldn't be more pleased with how the book is written.

Once again, welcome!

**Riverkilt** · 3rd January 05, 10:36 PM

Welcome Patty,

My great great great grandmother was a Cameron, she came over to Skye Glen, Nova Scotia in the 1850s after marrying up with my gr gr gr grandfather John Macdonald in Staffin, Skye.

And I'm still puzzling over Barb's book as I get ready to stitch down the pleats of my SportKilt to see if I can make it a tad less "skirty."

Ron

**torcastle** · 3rd January 05, 11:40 PM

Thanks for all the newest welcomes. Such a friendly bunch of folk.

Ron, we should discuss this Cameron thing further. My Dad has found our line's crossing to Canada but I just can't recall when, where and how it all happened. He's heavy into family history these days and is collecting all the Camerons he can find. We found a close cousin in D'Escousse NS not that long ago that we never knew about. There have been others since. It's interesting to find what we call 'rellies'.
We'll chat more on this I hope.
Patty.

**Riverkilt** · 3rd January 05, 11:54 PM

Sure, all I know is that her name was Christine Cameron and she was born in Scotland. She did belong to a clan with some sharp looking tartans, particularly the Cameron weathered hunting.

If she was about her husband John Macdonald's age she would have been born in the 1790s. Guessing from her children's ages they married about 1822, making her in her 50s or 60s when she came to Skye Glen, NS. John lived to be 102...just no clue about her yet.

Ron