Montgomery Blue\Green Pleating

**Mudge** · 7th April 11, 07:29 AM

I want to have a TANK made in the Montgomery Blue\Green tartan. I really like the military pleating to the stripe. Can anyone suggest which (if any) stipe would look best.

**slohairt** · 7th April 11, 07:48 AM

Do you mean this version? I think the best option would be one of the green stripes flanked by the blue.

**Mudge** · 7th April 11, 09:54 AM

Yes this is the one i'm reffering to. I was wondering what the overall appearance would look like from the back , in other words what would appear as the background color and what would appear as vertical and horizontal stripes .

**AKScott** · 9th April 11, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by mj_all

Yes this is the one i'm reffering to. I was wondering what the overall appearance would look like from the back , in other words what would appear as the background color and what would appear as vertical and horizontal stripes .

What you can do is get the imageinto MSPaint, and then select a vertical area about 25-35 threads wide. I imagine the green stripe is probably ten threads wide here. Talk to your kiltmaker before you commit to something. Like this:

Then with your tall narrow selection copied to the clipboard, open a new MSPaint document, paste, paste again and drag. Paste again and drag drag. paste again and drag, drag, drag. Etc. Like this:

**longhuntr74** · 9th April 11, 08:15 AM

very novice...meaning I've done two kilts so far...a tank to stripe and a box pleat.

I just wanted to ask you to elaborate more on your preference in pleating to the stripe? To be sure, I am a fan of pleating to the stripe, as well, with many tartans. However, I don't know that anybody should always claim that this is the style of pleating they prefer, irrespective of tartan. Each tartan is different and some look great pleated to the stripe...others not so much.

In this case, I would advise pleating it to the sett. Why? It's already a two tone fabric...a very simple pattern too. I think pleating it to the stripe makes it excessively busy...almost painful to the eyes.

Just my opinion.

**AKScott** · 9th April 11, 09:52 AM

Originally Posted by longhuntr74

In this case, I would advise pleating it to the sett. Why? It's already a two tone fabric...a very simple pattern too. I think pleating it to the stripe makes it excessively busy...almost painful to the eyes.

Just my opinion.

I agree with the sentiment that I too would probably have this pleated to the sett, but I am not sure for myself on why. I orignially thought it was quite dark with narrow green among all the blue.

It could be pleated to a reveal something like this:

**ChattanCat** · 9th May 11, 02:51 PM

Here are some things that you might want to figure out:

Dimension A: this is the sett of the tartan
Dimension B: If you are pleating to the green stripe then you want this dimension less the 7/8" per Barb T's recommendation.
Dimension C: If you are pleating to the blue/green/blue/green/blue stripe then you want the dimension to be 7/8" but check the taper up to the waist and make sure you do not lose a blue border line.

Where is the picture?
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/photoplog/file_893.jpg

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/photoplog/index.php?n=893

**Barb T** · 16th May 11, 03:59 AM

Doing a little measuring and calculating on the image you posted, the blue stripe is about 1/2" wide, and the double blue is a bit more than an inch and a quarter. So, if you wanted to pleat this to the stripe, about the only option you have is Wally's option "B", with the narrow green stripe centered in a pair of dark blue stripes. If you picked the right pair of blue stripes, the pleats could flash green when you walked, although the tartan is so dark that the color difference won't be all that noticeable.