US Bicentennial In Progress

[Barb T]

That's looking VERY nice. I had considered buying some of that fabric and having one of our resident Kilt Makers here sew it up. But, I haven't seen the fabric on Ebay in a bit.

Lochcarron no longer weaves it, and I have been unable to find anyone else who carries it as part of their regular stock. I discovered this because my future son-in-law chose this tartan for his wedding kilt, and I tried to order it from Lochcarron. Luckily, I negotiated a great swap with McWages on this forum - he had gotten a bunch on EBay awhile back, and he swapped me an 8-yard kilt length for two 4-yard pieces of tartan that he'd been wanting and that I ordered from Lochcarron.

So, if you've got a piece of Bicentennial, consider yourself lucky!!

I'll post pictures after their wedding in June.

***BTW KT - did you use an even or an odd # of pleats?? This is one of the few kilts I've made with an even # of pleats and without a center back pleat, because both the red/white block and the blue block with the double white stripe were too big for one centered pleat without losing too much of the pattern in the taper toward the waist. The center back of the kilt actually lies between two pleats in the middle of the back. If my question is confusing to anyone, just holler, and I'll post a pic tomorrow.

B