Was just looking through that book a few days ago myself. I've somehow acquired two copies. One with a dust jacket, one in a little slide in box thingie.
My grandfather Murdoch Macdonald had a copy and I remember as a wee lad how he would pull it off the bookshelf and call me over to show me the family tartans.
Its no accident that my first hand sewn kilt was in the Macdonald Lord of the Isles tartan...I liked it best as a boy from seeing the full plate of it in Bain's book.
Ron
Ol' Macdonald himself, a proud son of Skye and Cape Breton Island
Lifetime Member STA. Two time winner of Utilikiltarian of the Month. "I'll have a kilt please, a nice hand sewn tartan, 16 ounce Strome. Oh, and a sporran on the side, with a strap please."
That particular little book was my first introduction to tartan more than 50 years ago. My mom and dad had a copy, and it had a wonderful silk cover made from (if I remember right) Royal Stewart tartan. Anyway, it was a red tartan. I can still remember what the book smelled like! I guess I was doomed from an early age.
And I remember as a little girl being completely crushed by Bain's statement in the intro to the book that, "The kilt is male attire and should never be worn by ladies".
And I remember as a little girl being completely crushed by Bain's statement in the intro to the book that, "The kilt is male attire and should never be worn by ladies".
I guess you showed him!
Ken Sallenger - apprentice kiltmaker, journeyman curmudgeon,
gainfully unemployed systems programmer
Originally Posted by Barb T.
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