Federal Memorial Tartan - Opposite of the Confederate Memorial Tartan

**Riverkilt** · 5th January 13, 07:42 PM

I don't know....I'll ask....always leave it up to her.

**MrPlaid** · 5th January 13, 09:25 PM

Very nice looking...You wear it well.
I think that may be my next tartan in honor of may ancestor who also fought for the Union.
Frank

**Riverkilt** · 6th January 13, 10:28 AM

The light hit my new Federal Memorial pleats just right this morning and I saw the pattern Brooke is talking about.

This pic shows it best - but not well. Look at the wide red stripes.

Its a combination of to the sett, to the stripe, then to the sett again going from left to right with the to the stripe down the center back.

Don't know if there's a name for this style, but once I saw it its beautiful. No word back from Kathy yet - she's not much on email, usually busy sewing.

**Alan H** · 7th January 13, 10:23 AM

That's really interesting....the pattern going vertically is different from the pattern going horizontally!

Beautiful, though!

**David Thorpe** · 7th January 13, 10:39 AM

Looks to me like it is to the sett, with the double yellow line omitted from the center-back. The pleats are symmetrical, and the overall effect is quite attractive (the kilt, not your derriere

).
I am sure that the kilt maker had a very good reason for pleating it this way. You could perhaps ask her?

**O'Callaghan** · 7th January 13, 07:26 PM

Hurrah for the Union!

**David White** · 12th January 13, 11:53 AM

Nice Ron,
I think we have talked about this before but my GGreat Uncle rode with Early during the D.C. raid. His cavalry regt., was selected to cover the retreat and his company lead the way driving off the Union pursuit. He was however shot in the head and sent to Elmira NY POW camp where he died of fever. Its a small world!