Hello From Howell, Michigan

**kiltedrennie** · 5th April 13, 06:40 PM

Hello,

I've wanted to wear the kilt since my late teens when I saw and heard kilted piper. I even picked up some tartan wool from a woolen mill in my hometown. Unfortunately, it was over thirty years ago and I had no idea what I was doing. There wasn't anything at my local library and the university didn't have much.

Thirty two years later, my wife and I went to the Michigan Renaissance Festival for the first time in years. We quit going when had kids. I was surprised by the number of kilts we saw and the kilt shops. Decided right then an there I just had to have one of my own. I recently found out my maternal grandmother was a MacQueen so I ordered an acrylic traditional kilt in my family tartan.

We had so much fun at the festival, while waiting for the delivery of my new kilt, I did some research and put together a playton outfit for the festival. I made a belted plaid great kilt, cheater sticked the pleats, made a shirt, made a Rob Roy style sporran, and a hand stitched doublet.

I'm in the process of designing some casual canvas and tweed sporrans. The tweed is from cloth recovered from old jackets.

I often wear my MacQueen kilt to work on casual dress days, to the pub, and around town. Cannot wait until August to return to MRF.

**McClef** · 6th April 13, 02:33 AM

from South Wales UK!

**David Thorpe** · 6th April 13, 02:58 AM

Welcome from a couple hundred miles south of you. Two other events which may be of interest to you:

Alma Highland Festival
Livonia Games

**Chas** · 6th April 13, 04:54 AM

Hello Rennie,

Welcome to XMarks from the other side of the Atlantic in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

**Father Bill** · 6th April 13, 04:58 AM

Welcome to the "Great Rabble!"

**Spartan Tartan** · 6th April 13, 05:16 AM

from Oklahoma.

**tadyergey** · 6th April 13, 06:39 AM

Hello from Northern Virginia... My better half's family is from Grand Rapids and have spread out to Chelsea and the Leeland area...

**O'Searcaigh** · 6th April 13, 08:48 AM

Hello and

from the wooded highlands of The Big South Fork, north central Tennessee!

**pbutts** · 6th April 13, 10:28 AM

Greetings from Kalamazoo.

You sound like you might be interested in trying the X Kilt --http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f144/x-kilt-sew-your-own-manual-available-download-20085/ (haven't made one, yet, but it's on my summer TO DO list)