A Lasses Wear Thread

[Dixiecat]

Barb Tewksbury and Matt Newsome can line up even the most complex tartan into a perfect sett in the back, how can this designer not even get the lines to match up

As has been noted above, sewing garments with tartan is not the same as making a kilt with tartan. The complexity of pleating a tartan to sett has nothing on the work involved in trying to match up tartan at seams of a jacket for example. It's generally acknowledged by sewers that you try and have the tartan match up in one direction and ignore others. So a jacket side seams might match up, but the shoulders won't. You may think that that skirt is badly made, but it must have been a nightmare to lay out to get that one diagonal stripe in the front to match up. If you look further down in that post to the snowy scene with alady in the jumper, you should notice that the side seams don't match up. The sewer or manufacturer has elected to match up the horizontals, the verticals don't quite make chevrons.

[M. A. C. Newsome]

I posted this pic in the Gatlinburg Scottish Festival thread, but thought I'd also post it here. My wife made this skirt from accumulated scrap left over from kilt making.

[be da veva]

Hmm, not sure about this, but it's interesting.

I believe that's a maternity shirt, I think it looks good compared to what is offered in the stores right now.

(ok, I might have to rip off the bow..... but it still looks good...)

[TNKiltedWolf]

Here's an couple of ensembles that teen Australian singing star Gabriella Cilmi has been seen wearing lately.

[A Hay]

Here are a couple of pictures of my lass in skirt and scarf in the Princess of Wales memorial tartan.

In January of this year I was in Edinburgh on my way to the Burns Night festivities in Dumfries. I had some time in the afternoon and I went up to the Castle Esplanade and stopped in at the Museum just on the right before you enter the Esplanade.

On display in one section were articles (scarves, skirts, etc.) in this tartan.
My wife has always had a soft spot for Princess Diana so I picked up a scarf for her. She loved the soft blue color.

About 8 weeks ago I convinced her to order a kilted skirt from in the tartan.
It came Monday and she modeled it that evening. My wife hates to be photographed, but I convinced her to do this.
She loves the skirt and the color. However....It is a straight skirt, not the kilted skirt I ordered.

I've written to the firm (who shall remain nameless for a while until I see if they correct their mistake) to ask them to supply the item ordered. If the firm acts promptly and honorably, they might even get a sale on the present skirt, but I would like to see the kilted skirt first.

The tartan is supplied by Locharron and the workmanship and fit are excellent.
It is lighter weight than a kilt, probably 10 oz. but has a full lining down almost to the hem line. The pictures seem to show some difference between the scarf and the skirt. The size of the sett is larger in the scarf it seems. The scarf is a softer weave than the skirt and that may account for part of the difference. I'll have to look at them together more closely. Like anytime I try on a new kilt, you don't look at the details that closely the first time.

We shall see how things turn out.

Tom

[M. A. C. Newsome]

Tom,

Nice looking outfit. If that skirt is made from Lochcarron cloth, I'm betting the store you bought it from had Lochcarron make the skirt, as well. Your description of it sounds like one of their straight skirts, which are fully lined (their kilted skirts are not). In that case, you would be correct that it is made from their 10oz cloth.

The scarf sounds like it is made from brushed lambswool, which explains the different texture and set size. Did you specify that when you ordered? If I were to take an order for a lady's skirt and scarf in the same tartan, I would have assumed (unless told otherwise) that you would want them both from the same cloth. Lochcarron also makes scarves, sashes, stoles and shawls from the same 10oz fabric as their skirts, so maybe your supplier can provide something to match.

Even in different cloth, it still looks good together, though.

[A Hay]

Tom,

Nice looking outfit. If that skirt is made from Lochcarron cloth, I'm betting the store you bought it from had Lochcarron make the skirt, as well. Your description of it sounds like one of their straight skirts, which are fully lined (their kilted skirts are not). In that case, you would be correct that it is made from their 10oz cloth.

The scarf sounds like it is made from brushed lambswool, which explains the different texture and set size. Did you specify that when you ordered? If I were to take an order for a lady's skirt and scarf in the same tartan, I would have assumed (unless told otherwise) that you would want them both from the same cloth. Lochcarron also makes scarves, sashes, stoles and shawls from the same 10oz fabric as their skirts, so maybe your supplier can provide something to match.

Even in different cloth, it still looks good together, though.

Matt, the scarf was bought off the shelf in Edinburgh. It is a little too short to really put over the shoulder as she is wearing it. More like a muffler length.
Thanks for the tip about the lining for the straight skirt versus the non-lined kilted skirt. That makes sense when one thinks of it. She just may keep this one and get the kilted skirt later. (If so, then the supplier owes me the difference in price, however) Have not heard back from them as yet.

Your wife's skirt of many colors is interesting. Reminded me of Dolly Parton's song "Coat of Many Colors". Both my grandmother's were quilters and used flour sacks. Guess that says something about how old I am

Tom

[piperdbh]

It might already be posted, but my wife wants to know what kind of shoes she should wear to look "authentic/classic/traditional". We plan to have some pictures made soon. I'll be wearing my PC and all that, and she's wondering what kind of shoes and hose "go" with it, and with her red, white and black outfit.
Thanks for your input.

[Alan H]

Authentic, classic, traditional...

If she means "conservative, dressy, somewhat contemporary" that's one thing. If she means "authentic Victorian footwear" that's something else entirely. If she means "womens footwear traditionally worn in the early 1700's" that also something else.

I'm guessing that she means what do somewhat conservative women wear with their somewhat conservative tartan dresses and skirts, *today*...and I think the answer is probably "low pumps", or something along those lines.

[wvpiper]

Found this while looking for images of Argyle jackets