Greetings,

I wish to add a Fly Plaid for more formal occasions. I acquired one matching my kilt tartan, and a thistle motif brooch to go with it.

Now the question comes: how does one pin or otherwise affix the Fly Plaid over the left shoulder without damaging the material the FP is made of OR the material in the Prince Charlie coatee?

The pin back on the thistle motif brooch (which was ordered at the same time and also from ScotWeb) appears to me to be much, much too heavy gauge to actually use it to pin through the FP and the PC. The gauge is such it will leave massive marks/holes.

A clerk in our local Scottish shop advised using safety pins (which are of much lighter gauge) to pin the brooch and FP.

What does anyone else do? As you all know, the PCs are spendy items and I don't relish the thought of ruining one by pinning a brooch to it if there are creative ways to preserve the integrity of the cloth.

Your input will be appreciated.