MacGregor of Cardney pleated to stripe?

[MacGrioghair]

David I think it would look great in a 6 yard also, but my one concern is appearing similar to my fellow pipers/drummers. Our kilts are 8 yards pleated to the stripe on a sett very similar to the size of this one. Do you think it would look bad to do this MacGregor tartan in an 8 yard for the sake of having the pleats "matching" in width with my band members? I'm leaning towards a traditional 8 yard simply for this reason.

[Micah]

I understand your desire to pleat to the stripe to match the other members , but to my eye that is one tartan I think would look GREAT pleated to the sett. However, I don't think it would look bad in 8 yards pleated to the stripe.
Just my humble opinion.

[Mike S]

Great looking tartan. As a fellow MacGregor, I might have to add a kilt made in that tartan as well.

P.S., I like the box pleated version.

[MacGumerait]

MacGrioghair ,

Very handsome Tartan . I would agree with you on going with the 8 yd kilt . I am also a fan of pleating to a stripe or pleating to the block ( also known as pleating to the " no stripe " )

Your MacGregor of Cardney could be pleated several ways , you wouldn't necessarily have to pleat to the white stripe . It is also possible to pleat to one of the other stripes or pleat to the red block .

Something that you might consider , is a pleating option that would allow the white stripe to be hidden just beneath the edge the pleat . This would allow the white stripe to " flash " as the pleats swish / swing when walking and would prevent the back of the kilt from looking " too white " ( per your concern of pleating to the white stripe , which is a valid concern ) .

Given that you are already familiar with the Montgomery Blue Modern , here is an example of having a " flash " in the pleating of that tartan . A pic of my kilt in the Montgomery Blue Modern , pleated to the block .






Hope this helps to give you a visual of some other pleating options . Regardless of the direction you choose , it will be a great looking kilt as it is a fine looking tartan !

Cheers , Mike

[davidlpope]

David I think it would look great in a 6 yard also, but my one concern is appearing similar to my fellow pipers/drummers. Our kilts are 8 yards pleated to the stripe on a sett very similar to the size of this one. Do you think it would look bad to do this MacGregor tartan in an 8 yard for the sake of having the pleats "matching" in width with my band members? I'm leaning towards a traditional 8 yard simply for this reason.

I think that the fact that your kilt will be a different tartan from all the other band members will trump every other design element of your kilt. If you want to look like the other band members, wear the band kilt.

That being said, I think this tartan would look great in an 8yd kilt pleated to the stripe or the sett. Since this is going to be a big investment, I would get exactly what you want, and not worry about similarity to the band.

Best of luck,

David

[YOJiMBO20]

Since the sett is mostly red, why not pleat to the red block with a green flash underneath?

I would say to the green block with a red flash, but it would look weird being mostly green on the back and mostly red on the front.

[MacGrioghair]

Thanks for all the advice! I think I'll go with an 8 yard, but I'll have to do some serious thinking on whether to pleat to the stripe/block or sett. Many good points here. YOJiMBO20, you may be right about two different colors on the front and back. My pipe band's kilt has this issue. It's mainly blue on the front apron, but it's pleated to the double red stripes on the back which gives it a blue vs. red appearance when standing still.

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[YOJiMBO20]

Thanks for all the advice! I think I'll go with an 8 yard, but I'll have to do some serious thinking on whether to pleat to the stripe/block or sett. Many good points here. YOJiMBO20, you may be right about two different colors on the front and back. My pipe band's kilt has this issue. It's mainly blue on the front apron, but it's pleated to the double red stripes on the back which gives it a blue vs. red appearance when standing still.

A band in the area, UC Riverside, has the same thing. Except instead of red, the backs of their kilts are gold. If they had pleated to the blue block, the whole thing would look better, IMO.

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[MacGumerait]

Thanks for all the advice! I think I'll go with an 8 yard, but I'll have to do some serious thinking on whether to pleat to the stripe/block or sett. Many good points here. YOJiMBO20, you may be right about two different colors on the front and back. My pipe band's kilt has this issue. It's mainly blue on the front apron, but it's pleated to the double red stripes on the back which gives it a blue vs. red appearance when standing still.

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MacGrioghair , the pic you have shown of the pipe band is why I decided not to pleat to the stripe on the Montgomery tartan ... not that it's bad or wrong ... just too much red on the back of the kilt considering the tartan ... at least for my taste .

Thus , I can understand your concern about pleating the MacGregor to the white stripe on an 8 yd knife pleated kilt . It will give the back of the kilt quite a bit of white ... not to the degree of the red in the band kilt ( as the MacGregor is a single white line as opposed to a double red in the band kilt ) ... but it will still have a white line dominance .

For what it's worth , I would offer the suggestion of pleating to another vertical element or to a block . This would give the kilt a nice contrast from front to back without being " color dominant " on the pleat / back side .

Cheers , Mike

[Big Mikey]

Pleated to any stripe, from the back, the kilt could be any tartan. Have it done to the sett so there's no mistaking your clan affiliation. Show your pride!