Tartanweb (see above sponsors logo) are having a decent little sale right now--10% off everything. They carry Lochcarron Strome (51 different tartans) and Marton Mills Jura range (80 tartans) in their Standard 8yd 16oz groups and you can get a well made machine sewn custom built tartan of your choice (from within those two ranges) for about $300 shipped to your US door (hopefully avoiding customs hits). I have two of their machine sewn kilts (from thier sister site Scottishkilts.net) in 13 and 16 oz tartans and each fits great, is well made and eqivalent or better than my other tanks from other vendors on both sides of the ocean costing similar or more money. Granted, these are machine sewn and not the hand sewn versions we all lust for, but many like myself believe that a machine sewn kilt can be just as nice functionally and in general as a more expensive handsewn and often at about half the price. It is at least a good place to start getting you a quality heavyweight wool kilt at a good price. You can then lust like the rest of us for the ultimate handsewn to come within your financial grasp (my first is on queue right now---hopefully more to come).

Tartanweb has a good reputation for their workmanship, although communications can sometimes be challenging. Overall satisfactory reports, though.