Forgive me if this has been discussed before but i can't find a search feature.
What are the "rules" for designing your own tartan? Does a tartan have to be in a horizantal vertical or can there be a diagnal pattern.
Why do I ask...as you can see by my name I am a paramedic. Every tartan site I go to has MULTIPLE designs for Fire Dept. around the globe, general FF to Specific Deptartments, heck some down to specific staions, same for PD, There is yet to be a specific EMS service tartan. I have considered this for years, but the final push for me came when I found the FF Memorial kilt (dedicated to the 373 FF's who passed on 9-11) yet no such memorial design for the 37 EMT's Paramedics who also died. Anyway off my soap box.
My idea would be interlocking stars of life with vertical white lines (the staff and snake generalized) and a red and blue line symbolizeing the interagency work and roots we have with the FD and PD. I will try and draw up a sample for display...maybe somebody better than I will steal it and run with it....