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    The Arkansas tartan is my avatar. Most of my mother’s family is still there. For some reason I feel like I am just visiting California even though I have lived here for 30 years. I am toying with the idea of suggesting the Arkansas tartan for a Christmas family reunion. Do you think it would look "too" gaudy in a group? What type of pleating would look nice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by McElmurry View Post
    The Arkansas tartan is my avatar. Most of my mother’s family is still there. For some reason I feel like I am just visiting California even though I have lived here for 30 years. I am toying with the idea of suggesting the Arkansas tartan for a Christmas family reunion. Do you think it would look "too" gaudy in a group? What type of pleating would look nice?
    From what little I can see from your avatar, I think the Arkansas tartan is lovely and would look just fine in a large group. I'd suggest pleating to the sett.
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    Quote Originally Posted by McElmurry View Post
    The Arkansas tartan is my avatar. Most of my mother’s family is still there. For some reason I feel like I am just visiting California even though I have lived here for 30 years. I am toying with the idea of suggesting the Arkansas tartan for a Christmas family reunion. Do you think it would look "too" gaudy in a group? What type of pleating would look nice?
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    Post AR tartans

    I can't say I've ever seen it actually being worn as a kilt. I have a tie in it that was given to me by the lady who was the coordinator of the Arkansas Tartan Day festivities back in the early 2000s.

    There are actually two Arkansas tartans; this one is officially recognized by the State Legislature, but the other tartan was not:

    http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/res...twr=&apn=&res=

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    I have to throw my lot with my Texan brethren Tobus and Jackdaw in that the Bluebonnet isn't at the top of my list... It has too much going on for my taste. Maybe if they dropped the thin white line that bisects the light blue undercheck it'd look better to my eye.
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    The Texas Bluebonnet Tartan
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    Thumbs up

    The Texas Bluebonnet is next on my list.
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    If you are interested in a state Tartan, be sure to check out the Saint Andrews society for that state. From my own experience; the Maine Tartan has been copy righted and you can only purchase it through one person for a extremely high price and they want to know what you are making with it (in case you want to sell it, because they could get involved in that since it is "Their" tartan)
    Saint Andrews Society of Maine had a close match woven which they call "The Maine Dirigo tartan" I bought 4 yards of it without being a member to make a kilt for my boyfriend who is in a Maine fiddler band. the price was $50 a yard. Never hurts to ask.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tartan Tess View Post
    If you are interested in a state Tartan, be sure to check out the Saint Andrews society for that state. From my own experience; the Maine Tartan has been copy righted and you can only purchase it through one person for a extremely high price and they want to know what you are making with it (in case you want to sell it, because they could get involved in that since it is "Their" tartan)
    Saint Andrews Society of Maine had a close match woven which they call "The Maine Dirigo tartan" I bought 4 yards of it without being a member to make a kilt for my boyfriend who is in a Maine fiddler band. the price was $50 a yard. Never hurts to ask.
    Matt has an informative blog article about the Maine tartan dispute:

    http://kiltmaker.blogspot.com/2007/0...te-tartan.html

    T.

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