Fly plaid

[Drac]

Good day all,

I have a length of Lamont Modern that I got from Kathy Lare to got with my new kilt. When I wrote her about fringing it and if I needed to trim it square. She wrote back and said it could go either way. She sent a couple pics on how it should look. I'm a little confused on the pics. They don't look like anything I've seen before. Normally I've seen it just attached over the shoulder and drapped. I wasn't sure if I was suppose to use the whole width or square it up?

Here's it draped across the couch -



Here are the two pics Kathy sent. The first is with a rectangle and the second is with a square -



Can some one help out here?

Thx,
Jim

[Earl D]

Our own Barb T. posted about fringing a plaid. I hope this is what you're looking for, Drac- Fringing a Fly Plaid.

[Drac]

Thx, I found that thread when searching fringing but on this one I will be doing plain fringing instead of the pearl.

I was curious on how the examples were put together. I can't see how you can get these folds from a rectangle and I'm not sure how the folds are.

Also I am not sure how they are attached or they stay folded.

Jim

[piperdbh]

If you cut it square, you'll pin it to your jacket in one corner and the opposite corner will go over your shoulder and hang down behind you. That's a good bit of weight, and so some folks sew a pleat or two into the corner they intend to pin. The examples look like they've been pleated diagonally all way from corner to corner. That looks like a lot more work than it's worth. What I did was fold a couple of pleats about 6" inches long in once corner on the fabric. Machine stitch along the edges of these pleats to give your brooch several thicknesses of fabric to pin through. That's all that needs to be done, unless you want to fringe the edges, which, to me, will look better and will help prevent fraying. You can even purl the fringes if you want. That's extra-fancy stuff, and I hope you post pics if you purl the fringes.

If you leave the piece rectangular, it might be best to make the pleats in the middle of the narrowest dimension running parallel with the length, not diagonally.

[Earl D]

Thx, I found that thread when searching fringing but on this one I will be doing plain fringing instead of the pearl.

Jim

Do the first part of Barb's instructions:

Start by pulling threads out of the edge of the tartan until you have maybe 3-4" of fringe all the way around. You can experiment with the length you want - the twisted and tied fringe will be shorter than it is when it's not yet tied. Just remember that you can't put the threads back, but you _can_ take more out!!.

Then don't do the twisting on the warp ends that she talks about in the second paragraph of her post.