Fraser Red Pleated to a Red Stripe

**cavscout** · 7th June 05, 10:13 PM

I'd like your opinions on this idea.

http://community.webshots.com/photo/...64280417UDbwGp

Thanks for your thoughts.

**KMacT** · 8th June 05, 03:15 AM

My preference is to pleat to the stripe rather than the sett, and I like the look of this. I think it would be a difficult kilt to sew (those red stripes are all rather close together), but the end result looks great to me.

Kevin

**beerbecue** · 8th June 05, 05:22 AM

What would it look like to the white stripe??

I do like the overall 'purple' look, too.... I bet it would look neat when swaying.....

**macgreggor** · 8th June 05, 05:45 AM

i rather like the look. no idea about the difficulty factor. it seems that the lighter colours would FLASH as the kilt swung!
macG

**cavscout** · 8th June 05, 06:31 AM

Thanks guys. My eye was not sure about all the little red horizontal lines. I thought it might make it look too chopped up and loose any effect of a solid horizontal line.

I really like Pleated to stripe as well and would love to make a Fraser tartan work to stripe.

Pleated to the white looks awful. The colors are so faded that it appears pink and white.

Comparing it to a Gordon Modern to stripe you really see the difference in effect.

The difficulty is a concern as well but I think your pleat would span the blue stripes on each side of the red. Maybe our many qualified kilt makers could advise me on this.

**Doc Hudson** · 8th June 05, 07:50 AM

How do I like it?

If I could afford it, I'd order one pleated like that for the man who was Secretary for our Lodge for 47 years. He often wears a tie in the Fraser Red Tartan.

Does that answer the question?