New to the forum

[cormacmacguardhe]

Just found this site and as someone with highland blood who wears a kilt now and then, thought I would join in. My ancestry is Clan MacQuarrie, have traced it back to the Alpin, first king of the scots. Living in a climate quite similar to the Highlands themselves, the Pacific Northwest. At this point in time am considering a legal name change to reflect my scottish ancestry.
An T'Arm Breac Dearg.

[flyv65]

Welcome aboard! You shouldn't have too hard a time finding company in the PacNor'west-it seems to be a hotbed of kilt activism.

Bryan...from the American highlands...

[highlander_Daz]

well my frined welcome -If you lived in scotland you can legally call yourself whatever you like !! really!!

I changed my name to K551GRB save the expense of buying a private number plate!!!

Just joking
welcome

[GMan]

WELCOME!

Change your name, change the baby, change the color of the walls in your house, but do NOT change wearing the kilt!

[Riverkilt]

Welcome aboard.

You're in kilt country for sure.

Down here in Arizona it only costs $15 to have your name changed legally...hope its cheap up there too.

Ron

[Eujeankilt]

Greetings from Eugene. As another Pacific Nortwesterner, welcome to the gang! Fortunately, we not an opinionated lot.

Dale

[cormacmacguardhe]

Just a question, but has any one made their own kilt? I have a kilt that I bought two and a half years ago from Sport Kilts, have been looking around for another but my limited finances preclude purchasing one at this time. So I am considering the idea of making one for myself. Any ideas and/or suggestions would be welcome.

[MacConnachie]

Welcome to these forums.

There will be plenty of responses on kiltmaking from various of the membership, here. Some are professionals doing it full time, others are what some might call "hobbyists" who are at the beginning stages of constructing their own out of various types of material, and numerous others in between.

Hope you enjoy your time here.

Andrew MacConnachie

[bubba]

I've made several kilts. If you want to try making a traditional I recommend getting Barbs book The Art of Kiltmaking from www.celticdragonpress.com . As for fabric check around fabric stores in your area for inexpensive fabrics and sales. Twills are best but plenty of others will work. You should be able to find wool blends at a reasonable price about now.