This past September I was wandering around the vendors booths at the Pleasanton Highland Games, and lo and behold, there was a Weathered Armstrong tartan box-pleated kilt. It was ruddy gorgeous so I walked right over and introduced myself. The guy had purchased the kilt from Matt! He dropped by the MacNaughton tent and met the NorCal rabble, and even joined X-Marks, though I haven't seen him post recently.

But there you go...random sighting of Matt Newsome-made kilt, here in California. The word gets around.

I made my first tartan box-pleat out of California, modern colors 16 ounce tartan last January and I love that kilt. It's substantial. There's nothing like top-quality worsted wool! It's warm, but not a sweatbox. I really like it, in fact I wore it on Monday, to work. There will be 2 yards of Hall tartan on my "wish list" for Christmas this year, and if that shows up under the tree, I will make myself a box pleat Hall tartan kilt.

But without X-Marks......