Quote Originally Posted by Kitfoxdave View Post
There are several companies that have a path for custom tartans. USA kilts and St Kilda Kilts are two that work with more than one mill. Typical minimum order is about 10 meters. They both have pricing information online, as well as tartan designer software tools.

You can have custom dye colors done, but there is an upcharge for that.

Youtube has some USA kilts videos of the process of custom tartan. These will hopefully help you.

I have been collecting embroidery thread to determine the final colors I want for my custom tartan, and plan to send them along with my request when I get to that point.

There is an individual weaver on the west coast, that does small custom weaving jobs like making a sample of a sett... it has been a while since I looked into it last year.... but a Google search for Custom weaver in USA will likely bring up her details.

Good luck with your project!
Thank you! I am trying to save up to make sure that I have enough for the weaving. Martin Mills got back to me with their base cost, and given a video that I saw from USA Kilts (assuming that MM is the mill that they refer to regarding custom yarn dyes), I can assume a custom color might be something like $100 each color, and there are 4 colors that I would like to be custom.

USA Kilts has a fine social media presence and good production value on their YouTube videos. I am sure that they have good quality products. I want my first kilt to be hand stitched and to have the "fish tail" cut out of the pleats at the waist, otherwise, I would consider them for my first 8-yard kilt. I will definitely consider them for a future kilt project. I'll look at USA weaves, as I hadn't thought of that. I do want to support Scottish weaving as much as possible. I feel like supporting a Scottish cultural product with Scottish artisans at least in some measure is worthwhile, but I don't necessarily have a problem with American artisans carrying Scottish culture where appropriate.