Quote Originally Posted by WalesLax View Post
Purely out of curiosity (and possibly out of a drink I had at a wedding last night), can you guys give me an idea of what it would cost to make a kilt out of a personally designed tartan? I understand that this will probably be a target you could drive a truck through, but it would be interesting to know.
I don't know what Marton Mills might charge for doing a totally new design, but you can contact Hanna there and find out. I wasn't charged any design fee when she worked on my Dalrymple, but that was a standard thread count. Expect to pay around $1,000 for a minimum order of 16 ounce wool from MM delivered to a US address, plus any design fee they might charge.

Expect to pay more fro an equivalent amount from Dalgliesh. Elliot's might be about the same as MM, but the minimum would probably be more.

This might help. http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...-buyers-88206/

I have no problems with the tucked selvedge MM and other mills use. Unless a viewer gets down on their knees and looks at the lower edge of a kilt from an overly friendly distance the difference can't be seen.