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    decisions, decisions

    Under the tree was 2 1/4 yards of 16 oz. California tartan.... (thanks for getting it in so fast, Rocky!) and it's gorgeous. I've been wanting to do a box pleat kilt for a while, and this is gonna be it.

    The decision? Which do i make first, the X-Marks Tartan 6-yard or the California tartan box pleat????? AAAAaaccckkk! .......and Burns Night coming up!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
    Under the tree was 2 1/4 yards of 16 oz. California tartan.... (thanks for getting it in so fast, Rocky!) and it's gorgeous. I've been wanting to do a box pleat kilt for a while, and this is gonna be it.

    The decision? Which do i make first, the X-Marks Tartan 6-yard or the California tartan box pleat????? AAAAaaccckkk! .......and Burns Night coming up!
    You just did a "Tank" for Piper George. I say do another for yourself and cement what you have learned in your brain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
    Under the tree was 2 1/4 yards of 16 oz. California tartan.... (thanks for getting it in so fast, Rocky!) and it's gorgeous. I've been wanting to do a box pleat kilt for a while, and this is gonna be it.

    The decision? Which do i make first, the X-Marks Tartan 6-yard or the California tartan box pleat????? AAAAaaccckkk! .......and Burns Night coming up!
    You're right. That's a tough one

    However, you just finished a "tank" - do the box pleat.
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    Under the tree was 2 1/4 yards of 16 oz. California tartan
    What a nice present to find under the Christmas tree.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
    Under the tree was 2 1/4 yards of 16 oz. California tartan.... (thanks for getting it in so fast, Rocky!) and it's gorgeous. I've been wanting to do a box pleat kilt for a while, and this is gonna be it.

    The decision? Which do i make first, the X-Marks Tartan 6-yard or the California tartan box pleat????? AAAAaaccckkk! .......and Burns Night coming up!
    Well since you ask, I'm dying to see the California tartan done as a box pleat.

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    My wife has been wanting me to get a kilt in California Tartan, but the only source we found for it charged a king's ransome. How much did it cost per yard?

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    I can see how this would be a hard decition to make, however I would tend to agree with Panache. Why start a box pleat now when you can try to perfect on the tank first, just my opinion mind you.

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    I wont' give input for which you should do, but for me the box pleat went faster than the 6+ yard knife pleats I've done

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    I don't have the time or gumption to even start a kilt. You're a better man than I, Gunga-Din.

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    Tough one......... Flip a coin, Heads=California Tails=X-Marks, (Isn't that a country song?).
    Last edited by Navyguy; 27th December 06 at 12:50 AM. Reason: Fat fingersa

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