Hope this is the right place for this. It's the start of a Do-It-Yourself job, so it seems like the right place.

About six weeks ago, I ordered 4 yards of Hunting Stewart, 18 oz. double-width, from the Scottish Tartan Museum. Yesterday while I was at work, FedEx delivered my package, and I picked it up at the rental office after work today.

When I opened it, instead of 4 yards double-width, I found 8 yards single-width. And this is a good thing.
Why? Because the Hunting Stewart is an irregular tartan. I was originally planning on cutting it to single-width and then joining the lengths (which would have involved hemming it as well ), if the halves could be lined up. If they couldn't be lined up, then I would have material for two box pleated kilts.

By changing my order, Matt Newsome and those fine folks at the Museum have made it possible for me to construct an 8 yard, 18 oz. tank of a kilt with no need for joining or hemming.

Matt, thank you. And if this wasn't your idea, please thank whomever it was.



Almost forgot - that Hunting Stewart was less expensive at the Scottish Tartan Museum's regular price than it was the KiltStore with the XMarks discount. I added three books to the order, and it was still less. Something to keep in mind when ordering tartan.