Tartan for Tartan's Sake

[smaughazard]

Let me suggest "Pride of Rex"; because you can certainly be proud of your design!

[Rex_Tremende]

I'm impressed.

Coming from you, that is very generous. Thank you.

I am not a kiltmaker so I'm not sure how well it will translate into a kilt.

But I think you designed a gorgeous tartan

What did you name it?

And thanks again. I am hoping this one will pleat to the stripe well without looking too much like a lawn chair (I am hoping more for the spines on a collection of old books).

For the moment - and this is only because the web site requires a name and I didn't think of something generic like "Opus 1" - I named it "African Violet," because my most immediate reaction on seeing the computer generated result was to recall my mother's collection of violets in clay pots on the kitchen window sill.

Phil was being a little coy above when he suggested I might come up with a tartan of browns and purples and name it "Peat and Heather." I had shared the design with him earlier and mused whether "African Violet" was an appropriate name for a tartan. I greatly appreciated both his private and public assurance that I had not designed "Miasma of the Peat Bog."

Regards,
Rex.

[Kilted Rogue]

Its a beautiful design Rex.
cant wait to see in in pleats

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Have you thought of something in French? (sorry my French is, well, inadequate...) Perhaps:

au plaisir du roi, or would that be au gre du roi? Or perhaps, au mon gre, although that sounds a bit like "I'm hungry" in East End London speak.

I can just see it...

"Excuse me, sir. " And with a gesture towards your kilt, "what tartan is that?"

"I'm hungry," comes the honest reply.

"Oh." A moments polite pause to consider your answer, then, "May I offer you a sandwich?"

"Delighted to accept." And thus are friendships made...

And on a more practical note, please use the following accent marks as, or if, needed: \\\ ///.

[pdcorlis]

To paraphrase - Your tartan by any other name will look as sweet. I can't wait to see this beauty woven and kilted up Rex.

Cheers!

[fluter]

Well done, both of you!

I've only gotten as far as some simple variations on a purple Wallace.

[davedove]

I know some tartans are available in many versions (hunting, dress, black, etc.). Since I'm keeping the sett, I don't guess that altering the colors would cause the variations to fall into the category of fashion tartans, would it?

The way I understand it, if you change a color it is technically a different tartan. If you change the shade of a color, say from modern to weathered, it is still the same tartan.

[ForresterModern]

The way I understand it, if you change a color it is technically a different tartan. If you change the shade of a color, say from modern to weathered, it is still the same tartan.

I second that, Dave. For instance Fraser and Cameron are virtually identical except for exchanging blue for a couple green stripes and yellow for white overstripes. Sett is otherwise (at least to my eye ) identical.