Help a friend, and me?

**Southern Breeze** · 18th April 06, 03:36 PM

Originally Posted by Kizmet

Such sadness, we have vinyl siding, so the house painting is out.

We do have trees and logs to deal with, however.

Right now, he's in school and already on the computer too much. I'll hold off on introducing him here until after the school year ends.

There's always mowing the lawn.

**Wompet** · 18th April 06, 04:26 PM

Just curious - what tartan has D'Argo chosen? Given the number of professional and amateur kiltmakers here, someone may know an inexpensive source of it.

Now I'm picturing "FarScape" with kilted Luxans ...

**Alan H** · 18th April 06, 04:48 PM

Hello, Kizmet!

There are relatively inexpensive alternatives, and....and...

hold your breath here....

If you have a sewing machine and some patience, you could make him a kilt. I've done it, a number of the guys on the board here have done it. If he's hot for a particular tartan, then that's tricky, but there are outlets for buying wool and wool-blends without absolutely breaking the bank.

My first kilt which I did pretty much blindly but came out reasonably OK, took me 19 hours to make. If you're an experienced seamstress you might knock 6-8 hours off of that for your first one, if you use velcro closure and stuff like that.

**Kizmet** · 18th April 06, 06:03 PM

While I am an accomplished seamstress, and a kilt is probably not beyond my capabilities, it's not an appealing challenge right now. I'm homeschooling three daughters, over-active in my church and writing a novel.

D'Argo can buy his kilt.

He's picked the Ramsay tartan, because it's blue.

**Sherry** · 18th April 06, 06:21 PM

I hear you on that--I'm a home schooling mom myself.

**bubba** · 18th April 06, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by Kizmet

While I am an accomplished seamstress, and a kilt is probably not beyond my capabilities, it's not an appealing challenge right now. I'm homeschooling three daughters, .

Teach the girls how to make a kilt and call it part of home economics?

**Kilted KT** · 19th April 06, 08:19 AM

There is an alternative ( especially for a first kilt ). There are a few different tartans "tanks" on E-bay for about $50. Tartan hiker and I have both partaken of these ( mine should be delivered today or tomorrow). These would be great for a first kilt as they are of decent quality and far less costly than most kilts.