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    Using Tartan Scraps (a really wee kilt)

    While stuck inside due to heavy rain and the occasional funnel cloud (!!), I finished a project I've been thinking about.

    I had lots of great tartan scraps from a kilt (pleat cut-outs). I had to use them for something. So with a simple design, a trip to the local JoAnn's Fabric store, and a lot of measuring, off I went...


    Plan it (About 24" length, 4.5" tall)


    Seam it (Cut curved bottoms, sew it and don't sweat the sett)


    Hem it and pleat it (Hide the sewn edges within a peat, sew top, baste/sew bottom with wide stitch to hold in place)


    Press it and sew it (Sew on lining, sew on top trim and velcro strips)


    Sporran it (Make it with spare leather, fur and one rivet)


    Accessorize it (Sew it on and remove bottom basting)


    Display it!

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    oh wow! what a great idea

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    Now that is great!
    I have always tempered my killing with respect for the game pursued. I see the animal not only as a target but as a living creature with more freedom than I will ever have. I take that life if I can, with regret as well as joy, and with the sure knowledge that nature's ways of fang and claw or exposure and starvation are a far crueler fate than I bestow. - Fred Bear

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    Love it!

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    Kind of gives a new slant to "What's under the kilt?"
    Doug
    Clan Ogilvie; AF&AM/Scottish Rite/York Rite/Shriner; Charleston Scottish Society; Brotherhood of the Isle of Skye; Matt Newsome Kilt Owners Group

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    Great idea for the "scraps". I like the token Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey in the mix! I prefer Wild Turkey Rare Breed if I had a choice.
    "When I wear my Kilt, God looks down with pride and the Devil looks up with envy." --Unknown
    Proud Chief of Clan Bacon. You know you want some!

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    WOW i bought one of those at a cheesy gift shop in Scotland. nice to see how easy it was made!

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    Quote Originally Posted by azwildcat96 View Post
    Great idea for the "scraps". I like the token Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey in the mix! I prefer Wild Turkey Rare Breed if I had a choice.
    Love Rare Breed myself, but currently out of stock.
    When enjoying a mint julep at my house,... it's Makers to the rescue.

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