Different looks pleating to the stripe

[Kiltboy]

Barb,

I believe the correct phrase is
WOOOHOOO!!!!!!
Cheers

Jamie

I am soooooo jealous. I loved Heatherfield the moment Rex introduced it.

Beautiful work Barb.

[be da veva]

I've tried contacting Rex last year to buy some fabric he had left but got no response...
I'm so jealous.... It's a wonderfull tartan.

[Bugbear]

Glad to know Rex's tarten is being made into kilts now.

[MrShoe]

Nothing to say but stunning! Both of them.

[ChattanCat]

It's solely a function of the length across the top of the pleats and the size of the sett. If the length is an even multiple of the sett size, then the top band will match in both the apron and underapron. Doesn't matter the number of pleats or the size of the pleats.

I believe that only one in 50 kilts will match the top band with front apron and the underapron sett. At least that has been my experience.

Looks grand and I would lvote for the one in the single yellow with the purple.

Thanks,

[creagdhubh]

Superb kilt making as always, Barb! I can't wait to place my order!!!

I love the style of the brass buckles too, can't wait to finally have a kilt with brass buckles and brown leather straps (weathered/repro tartans)!

Well done!!!

[saxandpipes]

Wonderful!

Is it just me, or does the tartan sett itself seem to somehow change depending on what colours are emphasised by the different pleating in the back? I mean in the one, the blue appears to come out, while it's the yellow in the second that seems to be highlighted.

Curious. And perhaps something else that can be used to great effect when pleating to the stripe.

Lovely work and thanks for sharing!

Cheers,

Michael

[rsvpiper]

very nice work I'm surprised how changing the stripe has also affected how i see the apron colour, the darker stripe sort of draws me to the same on the apron making the two kilts look well different colour wise

[Rex_Tremende]

Barb, so excited to see the second Heatherfield kilt. It looks as impeccable as the first. And despite being a shorter length of tartan than the original, it hasn't seemed to affect the overall appearance one bit.

As to the choice of stripes, when I was working on refinements to the design of the tartan, I was fortunate to have the input of a weaver, a historian and a kiltmaker. The kiltmaker happened to be Barb herself. As a result of her feedback, I considered how to make it easier to have several options when it comes to pleating to the stripe. It was, after all, my intention to make this my first to-the-stripe kilt. This second version proves that good advice can go a long way.

Eric, I must apologize for having failed to respond to your inquiries. I don't recall having missed any, but the it is the case that I don't have any to sell. Jamie's kilt was made from the remnant left after Barb made my mine after the one, and as far as I know, only run of the stuff. I gave it to Jamie for his years of friendship and support to me through this site.

I have given some thought to requesting another run of it, but I am also told that the process has changed over at Scotweb.

Regards,
Rex in Cincinnati.

[be da veva]

Eric, I must apologize.

It's all alright, I figured that there was none left. Having a swatch of it, I could look at it everyday. I just wonder if another run would be as wonderfull.
Even thought of a tweed version of it.

Ok people, go see what I have to sell and buy something so I can get a kilt...