my first box-pleated kilt

**way2fractious** · 12th February 08, 04:00 PM

Originally Posted by Ronusan

Next up is a kilt for my brother with a sharp looking tartan he found on ebay. Black with white and red lines over it in offset grid. Kind of hoping he goes with knife instead of box, much less complicated for me!

Is this the tartan? As near as I can tell, it is called Champs check. (French pronunciation - "shomps".) I acquired 5 or 6 yards of this stuff several years ago on ebay. If it is the same fabric, say so and I'll post some observations I made regarding it.

w2f

**MacWage** · 12th February 08, 04:06 PM

Looks REALLY good.

The MORE box pleats, the BETTER!

**JamieKerr** · 12th February 08, 07:03 PM

Beautiful sir, both you AND your kilt.

**Jake_S** · 12th February 08, 07:49 PM

I like that fabric. Is it wool, or a synthetic?

Jake

**MacWage** · 12th February 08, 08:28 PM

Originally Posted by Ronusan

Thanks for the compliments! Appreciate the feedback a lot.

The selvedge on this is strange, looks okay in most light but take a flash photo and it glows like neon. It looks like it's the same blue thread from in the pattern but for some reason having it all together like that seems to make it look too powder-blue. I'm probably going to cut it off and just wear it a centimeter lower.

I like the blue edge. It is a nice touch that reminds me of some old kilt/plaids I've seen in pictures.

**SFCRick** · 12th February 08, 09:51 PM

very nice job

**andyfg** · 13th February 08, 05:11 AM

Nice accomplishment. Well done!

**Ronusan** · 14th February 08, 03:46 PM

Hmm, my reply yesterday got lost again. Not sure if I'm doing something wrong...

This one was advertised as 100% Wool as is the upcoming black one, so I'm taking the websites' words for it.

Went back to the original ebay listing for my black tartan I bought and it turns out it's a little different than Champs, so still a mystery. Most of these cheap wool plaids I find on ebay I assume to be generic patterns, but I'd love to post them as a "Tartan I.D. challenge!" and see if they match anything "real."