Kilt, Jacket Conversion and Flashes

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I spent most of my free minutes over the last month working on my first tartan kilt (construction photos here), trying to get it finished in time for a reception for the Duke of Atholl and the Highlanders today.

I finished the kilt at the begininning of the week, and found enough time during the rest to shorten a suit jacket to go with it. Finally, this morning I made some flashes with leftover tartan from the kilt.

All in all I'm pretty pleased! I think kilt fits pretty well - I could probably have made the waist just a tad smaller, but I'm going to wear it some more and get familiar with it before I decide whether to move the buckles.

The jacket conversion was a little more rushed than I would have liked, but I think it's passable. Hard to see in this shot, but I detached the pocket flaps and moved them up. I didn't have time to do epaulettes or cuffs, but now that the pressure's off I may pursue that at my leisure.



I picked up the "ancient red" tie from creagdhubh a couple of weeks ago, and despite some misgivings about how very orange it is, I think it picks up the stripes from the tartan quite nicely.