Hey all...I was hanging around here years ago, and life got busy and difficult, so I sorta fell off the planet. Whole lotta water under the bridge since then, built a new career and going through a divorce, and probably going to remarry after that gets done with...basically I got out of a bad situation into a much better one.
New lass is a Stewart, and I am descended from the Hamiltons, so I am guessing there is going to be alot of tartan in the relationship. I jumped back on here because she fueled the fire...she wanted to drag..errrm...make a family trip to the Maryland Renfaire and insisted we all garb up, so, I figured I would drag out a kilt and throw on some hiking boots and a sporran and call it good....did I mention she is a Stewart? Wee bit stubborn, that one....she insisted I wear the felidh mor, and proceeded to throw one together for me in Stewart dress....so we matched. I was grinding my teeth over the pirate costume shirt...but whatever....I have linen and a pattern to correct that soon..The research for a doublet pattern and some oher odds and ends led me back here...so I figured being kilt obsessed once again would not be horrible.
I had progressed in my kilt making using off the shelf material...digi camo and whatnot to the point where I feel I am ready to tackle one in tartan, although I would like to perhaps make the first one in a less pricy PV...I just have not found a reasonable source yet. Although, I note the price of 13oz. HoE tartan at the Tartan museum is quite reasonable. Maybe I will start there.
Llyd