US Bicentennial In Progress

**BEEDEE** · 29th January 07, 02:09 PM

Looking Good!

**McMurdo** · 29th January 07, 02:19 PM

Wow that looks great. Thanks for posting the pics.

**thescot** · 30th January 07, 10:35 AM

Wow. KT, you're off and running on a great job.

And, Barb, your expertise and technical explanations alone are worth showing up for.

Thanks to you both.

**Kilted Taper** · 20th April 07, 11:08 PM

Wow, so it's almost been three months, but life tends to do that to you sometimes. Finished up the pleats LAST weekend, and sorta finished the join tonight. By that I mean I sewed the join, joined the middle pleats, then decided I didn't like the join on the underside, so I undid it and I am attempting to resew it. Anywho...here are a couple quick shots. I won't be doing any closeups like Barb. I'll just let you all keep believing I know what I'm doing and it's coming out well

**keepoffgrass** · 21st April 07, 12:42 AM

man Im jealous. I was born in 76 so I would love to have a kilt in this tartan. Its beautiful. Great work too!

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 21st April 07, 04:45 AM

I recently completed a 4 yard box pleated kilt in this tartan for a client (who's a new member on this board!), for those wondering what it would look like. To me there was no question -- I wanted to emphasize the blue and hide the red!

**MacWage** · 21st April 07, 05:05 AM

I am actually planning to make a box pleat with boxes that put the pleat edge in the black and makes a box pleat to sett. (the result will be large pleats)
I will "center" it on the blue.

I'll actually measure and make sure it is more than 5 or 6 pleats. If not, I'll have to do what Matt did.

I am working (slowly) on my MacNeil tartan, then I will start the Amer. BiCent. to have it done by July 4th.

Add-> the full repeat is just barely over 7 inches, leaving 3.5 from black center to black center, or 7 pleat facings for me. So, Box Pleated to Sett it will be (and I'll get pics up here somehow).