Steve and the XMTS Tartan Fabric

**fhpdo** · 27th January 09, 04:53 AM

Steve ,
You can add me to the list of people that will happily take any unclaimed/unwanted tartan off your hands at full price.
Thanks,
John

**Jock Scot** · 23rd January 09, 08:34 AM

I am impressed! Impressed with all of you, on this thread.

**pdcorlis** · 23rd January 09, 11:43 AM

Hat's off to all of you for your generosity and level headedness. Hat's off to Steve for his hard work and sense of honor!

**BEEDEE** · 23rd January 09, 02:41 PM

Let's give Steve a break for all the hard work he puts in for us. If you are taking the fringed material and getting it hemmed by Steve - please don't accept his discount.

He still has to put time and materials into the hemming and IMHO should get something for that.

I've already responded to Steve in this fashion.

Brian

**SingleBarrelBourbon** · 23rd January 09, 04:03 PM

Steve,

Please withdraw my comment on having it re-woven. My lovely wife is a seamstress and can handle a blind hem in her sleep (I've seen her do it).

No discount is necessary. Just send it to me rather than to Rocky and we will send it to him after the hemming.

Thanks for all you put into this.

**SteveB** · 23rd January 09, 09:20 PM

The more I think about this the more I pray that Steve will put a checkbox in his letter to allow us the one true option of accepting the fabric as produced and at the price we have already paid for it. This is what I wish for my fifteen yards. As one who works in a retail establishment, and deals with the surprises of receiving the merchandise. I appreciate the work that Steve has done already.
Should some people need the kilt selvage run made, and Steve needs a few more yards to bring the cost in line, I for one would be grateful for the opportunity to order additional tartan at the FULL price. I am having my kilt made by Steve, and am hoping he can work with the kilt having the fringe. I already have one kilt in the kollection with a fringe along the selvage and a double layer fringe on the front apron. It is the kilt that gets the most attention from the lasses on my subway rides around the city.

I am heartened by the response to this thread and the character of my fellow kilted kind.
Peace and great love for all.

**LadyGriffin** · 24th January 09, 05:19 PM

I'll take it as is, full price, as paid.

You have done way to much work on it as is!

'Nuf Said

**fluter** · 24th January 09, 09:46 PM

I gotta join the consensus. I'm content to take my 12 yards with the fringe, and I certainly don't need a further discount.

If I ordered a stock tartan in MM's poly-viscose from a domestic supplier, I'd pay maybe $30/yard and probably would not know which selvedge I was getting. If I ordered it from Scotweb, I'd pay at least $15, plus shipping, and might have to fight with FedEx about whether/what duty I owe.

And this is a special weave: it still seems like a bargain to me.

**Aldisimo** · 24th January 09, 10:37 PM

I've just responded to Mr Ashton that I'll accept my order AS IS, without hem, without refund.

**Fougasse** · 24th January 09, 11:04 PM

Steve,

The comments above sum up the spirit of this forum, however there may be some who are still not satisfied. As a relative Johnny-come-lately, I will look on this as an opportunity and would be more than willing to purchase some material, at the original price, if you have any surplus. PM me if this is the case.