Who actually OWNS a Scottish hand-sewn?

[clancelt]

9 yard 16oz Keith Modern, 8 yard 13oz MacIntyre hunting, and 13oz 8 yard Gunn Modern.

[Riverkilt]

So here's a question. How about Kathy Lare in Albuquerque. She was trained at the Keith School in Scotland and goes back for more training, but does her sewing here in the U.S. Here credentials are on her website www.kathyskilts.com

Do Scottish trained hand sewers count?

If so she's done an 18 ounce Strome for me, an 11oz, and the X Marks and is sewing a 4th right now.

Ron

[eighties]

Gotta add my 13 oz Anderson tartan Hector Russell.

I was measured for it at the Edinburgh store 15 years ago and the darn thing still looks and wears like new. (It does fit a little tighter though. lol)

-80s

[Southern Breeze]

So here's a question. How about Kathy Lare in Albuquerque. She was trained at the Keith School in Scotland and goes back for more training, but does her sewing here in the U.S. Here credentials are on her website www.kathyskilts.com

Do Scottish trained hand sewers count?

If so she's done an 18 ounce Strome for me, an 11oz, and the X Marks and is sewing a 4th right now.

Ron

IMHO. According to the qualification in the original post she would.

[flyv65]

IMHO. According to the qualification in the original post she would.

Good: Kathy is the source of my most recent (and perhaps cherished) 16oz traditional Macdonald of Borodale (pictures to follow one day soon). my other 16 oz trad is from Celtic Craft Centre in Edinburgh-they set up a booth at the Longs Peak Highland Games about 5 or 6 years ago and it sucked me right in...my first kilt was a tank. I also have a 13 oz Williams of Wales trad from Alexis Malcolm, and a Black Watch SWK, but I don't really think of the first two as I do the Alexis kilt (there really *is* a difference between 16 oz and 13 oz), or the SWK (a casual is a casual-different design parameters). I'm looking forward to seeing the XMarks tartan fabric up close (just paid today), and I *still* wouldn't mind getting a box pleat from Matt in the 16 oz Isle of Skye. Plus all the other things that claim a part of my attention and funds

Bryan...flyfishing, motorcycles, and stereo equipment, and kilts all get less attention than Tracy does though...

[Alan]

I have a 16oz MacLeod of Harris kilt made by Jeoffrey Tailor and just love it. I also have a stillwater and while it has its place there is nothing like my tank. I wear it more than than the stillwater because you cannot beat the way a hand made kilt (that is made to your size specifications) looks and feels. I have had this kilt for only 1 1/2 years, have worn it quite a lot and it looks as it did the day I recieved it.

[McRod]

My Logan Kilt 16oz and my Hunting Stewart 18oz are both pure wool and hand made. The logan is about 24 years old and the Stewart around 20years old.Up untill reacently i wore them only on special occasions but now i wear them all the time. they still look as good as the day i had them made here in Sydney by a Scottish lady who had a small but thriving shop.As you can imagine,over the years i have put on the odd inch or two, and to get around that i only had to shift the straps a little to accommodate the increase. There is a lot of wear in them yet and i intend to make the most of them.I don't have a favourite as i love them both. Hope to increase it up by one soon.

[ByDand]

My first hand sewn traditional is still my favorite. It is a 16 oz Gordon pleated to the sett. I have other kilts but that is my favorite, at least until I get my next. I am thinking about a new USN tartan tank and of course when that one is in my hands it will, at least for the time, be my favorite. That is until I get my next, next new tank :confused: