My First Tartan WOOL kilt

[meinfs]

Hello all.

I am happy to show you the box-pleated kilt in the Chattahoochee tartan that I created for a fellow Xmarker, ScotchMaster. If you'll remember, he sent out a call for DIY'ers on XMTS to create a kilt for him using the Chattahoochee tartan wool that was shipped from the eBay U.K (Matt Newsome identified the tartan from the picture). [You know Scotchmaster -- he just recently got his Tweed double box-pleat bunker from Lady Chrystel.]


Here's some pictures.

The Chattahoochee Tartan. Its design was commissioned by the City of Roswell in Georgia just before the '96 Olympics.

Kilt in progress:



May I present Scotchmaster in his new box-pleated Chattahoochee kilt (by yours truly)...



Kilt closeup:


Side view:


Pleatview:


Closeup of the top band and front apron:


I also made the hose flashes from the same tartan:


Closeup of the pleated section (stitched):


Oh look, a little customized label :-) And internal leather strap/buckle.