Barb, I was thinking...dangerous as that always is, that you should do a video on DVD to supplement the new edition of your book.

I'm pretty much a visual learner when it comes to learning new skills. I have to see it, try it and then I can remember it.

I suspect that there are others who have fundamental questions on how to do something that would be easily shown in video where it is hard to understand it in writing, no matter how clearly you explain it.

I was thinking along the lines of a visual glossary of terms and skills. Such as how to baste pleats, or how to hold the kilt in your lap, pull it tightly to sew the fell, how to properly press and hang the kilt, etc.

One reason that I suggest a visual glossary format is so that you could just record small scenes as you have time, rather than try to do an entire kiltmaking video all at once.

You can record the video on a camcorder and port it to a Mac for editing the clips. Apple makes it pretty easy to edit the clips and make an entire segment in iMovie.

When you have all of your segments done, you could use iDVD to create the DVD menus and index of terms/hyperlinks, then format the master DVD file. Getting it burned onto DVDs and packaged can be handled by a company for you.

By controlling the segments and master file assembly yourself (or within your family), you can easily update the segments and add to them for new editions whenever you want. It would keep the production cost down, as well.

Just an idea.