Show us your "Great Kilt" (belted plaid) pictures

[Panache]

David,

In the first picture what are you using to secure the two parts of the plaid together over your shoulder?

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[David White]

David,

In the first picture what are you using to secure the two parts of the plaid together over your shoulder?

Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

Its only one piece, I used a small bodkin to pin it to my waistcoat.

[Macleod91]

Dave, do you pleat the Belted plaid every time you use it? Or are your pleats sewn in? because they look fantastic! Also everytime i wear my belted plaid the front apron seems tight, kind of restricting i' am i doing something wrong?

[David White]

Dave, do you pleat the Belted plaid every time you use it? Or are your pleats sewn in? because they look fantastic! Also everytime i wear my belted plaid the front apron seems tight, kind of restricting i' am i doing something wrong?

I pleat everytime, it only takes a few minutes. I use the measurement from my elbow to the tips of my fingers for my apron width.

[Panache]

Its only one piece, I used a small bodkin to pin it to my waistcoat.

These have been refered to on XMTS before.

Would you happen to have a picture of what one looks like?

Cheers

Jamie

[David White]

These have been refered to on XMTS before.

Would you happen to have a picture of what one looks like?

Cheers

Jamie

Sorry Jamie I don't. Its simply a long pin that is placed through the plaide and your jacket or waistcoat to hold the plaide in place, over the shoulder.
They are easy to make., just heat one end until red hot and twist and shape, keep it flat so it lays flat on you. Sharpen the other end. I don't use a very big diameter wire or piece of metal, just as long as it doesn't bend to easily.

[Woodsheal]

Here's a bone bodkin I use, which you can just see in use in the 2nd pic;



Old time hat pins work well, too. You can often find simple brass-headed ones. Look in junk shops, antique stores, vintage clothing shops, and Granny's old hat box!

The little picks used for cleaning the vents on flintlocks also make nice bodkins:
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(3ft...um=PICK-VENT-3


Finally, some folks have had good luck using these hair pins as bodkins:
http://www.craftycelts.com/hair/lightpins.html

[Panache]

Sorry Jamie I don't. Its simply a long pin that is placed through the plaide and your jacket or waistcoat to hold the plaide in place, over the shoulder.
They are easy to make., just heat one end until red hot and twist and shape, keep it flat so it lays flat on you. Sharpen the other end. I don't use a very big diameter wire or piece of metal, just as long as it doesn't bend to easily.

Here's a bone bodkin I use, which you can just see in use in the 2nd pic... Old time hat pins work well, too. You can often find simple brass-headed ones. Look in junk shops, antique stores, vintage clothing shops, and Granny's old hat box!

David and Brian,

How about this?



Cheers

Jamie :ootd: