Thank you for the quick response. I do have a copy of the Art of Kilt Making, the addendum for box pleated kilts and the X Kilt book. I can machine sew, hand sew and iron on some real good seams.

Sadly, I'm not a MacDonald or a Campbell. I'm a military man and a piper, my 'dream' tartan would be a very nice RCAF kilt, not the rags I've been able to scrounge to wear to represent the RCAF and her majesty (a travesty). I'm sadly an airmen on an army base where we are not recognized as existing by the garrison or by the air force. I also have a artan I designed myself, the Tac Hel tartan...for tactical aviators everywhere....both of which according to the mills, run about 100 bucks a yard for decent weight.

Which is why I'm looking for comparable fabric or on sale worsted wool to mess with first.