Colorado tartan fabric

[VHFKID]

OK,
So I've been calling around and not had any luck finding anyone with a medium or heavy weight wool tartan fabric in Colorado State Tartan.

I'm going to be going to Scotland later this year and am seriously considering having a mill run a bolt enough for a 8yd for me, and plenty for my wife to have a skirt or dress and some for accessories, also keep some for another kilt for when we have children.

Is there anyone here on the forum that would be interested in splitting some yards to save on the run at the mill?

If anyone can chime in on experience with the different mills on small runs I'd like to know. Right now I'm leaning towards Dalgleish, they seem to be the most reasonable for small runs. But I'll be in Edinburgh and would be just down the street from the Tartan Weaving Mill, but I've heard their minimum run can be quite large. I really open to any mill with a good reputation.

Jared

[Steve Ashton]

There are currently at least three different Tartan designs sold or advertised as "Colorado".

There is Colorado State, State Seal of Colorado, Colorado district, and even a Colorado Tartan Day Society.

Please make sure that the one you are thinking of is the one you will get.

[VHFKID]

Yes, I've seen them all.

Going for Colorado State


The wife likes the red/yellow lines with the purple/white lines, I liked the district tartan better, but she trumps my vote

[Walkman]

There are currently at least three different Tartan designs sold or advertised as "Colorado".

There is Colorado State, State Seal of Colorado, Colorado district, and even a Colorado Tartan Day Society.

Please make sure that the one you are thinking of is the one you will get.

Thanks, Steve. I didn't realize that there was more than one.

Colorado District Tartan


State Seal of Colorado


Colorado Tartan Day

Yes, I've seen them all.

Going for Colorado State


The wife likes the red/yellow lines with the purple/white lines, I liked the district tartan better, but she trumps my vote

They're all nice. I like the State Seal the best.

[Barb T]

D C Dalgliesh is the only place that I know of that will weave short runs, and, as I have said in many other posts, they do a gorgeous job. I've ordered several custom weaves in the past year and been completely happy with all of them. If you want to PM me, I can provide more info.

[Livingston]

Come on out to the Front Range next weekend and see the Colorado Tartan Day tartan up close at the Colorado Tartan Day in Longmont.

[VHFKID]

All the Colorado ones are nice tartans, the red/yellow on blue works very well. Much better than my fathers California tartan

Livingston, if you hear of anyone who'd be interested in splitting a run let me know.

Yeah, I wish I could make it to the Front Range, but alas already have plans... I hope to make it to Aspen this year, keep a look out for a MacIntosh red, that'd be me and the wife.

[Tobus]

If anyone can chime in on experience with the different mills on small runs I'd like to know. Right now I'm leaning towards Dalgleish, they seem to be the most reasonable for small runs.

I had a custom run of K1 Reproduction Colquhoun (double width) done by Dalgliesh several years ago. They did indeed have what I thought was a reasonable price for it, and seemed easy to work with. I had Barb Tewksbury handling it for me, since she was building my kilt from a portion of the fabric. The fabric is very nice. I was very happy with everything from Dalgliesh.