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Posted by BEI Design on April 14, 2007, 4:49 pm
DGD danced in only her second Highland dance competition as a
"Novice" this AM, and was awarded a first place in two of her
dances, and second place in one, and was the winner of the Novice
Aggregate Award.
This is definitely keeping me motivated to finish the "practice"
kilt, so I can start on her "real" competition one. I have
completed 23 of the 27 pleats, and I'm awaiting inspection by a
kilt expert before I proceed to the interlining and lining.
Her dance instructor is traveling to Scotland in August and is
going to buy us a length of Dress Purple MacRae tartan for the
real kilt. It's a gorgeous tartan,
http://www.scotsconnection.com/product.asp?P_ID=999&numLanguageID=1&numCurrencyID=2
and I'll be making a purple velveteen vest and/or jacket to go
with it. We also bought white poly/cotton and eyelet lace
yesterday for a new blouse and petticoat.
Happy dancing (but NOT *Highland*) here, ;-)
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on April 14, 2007, 5:07 pm
BEI Design wrote:
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> DGD danced in only her second Highland dance competition as a
> "Novice" this AM, and was awarded a first place in two of her
> dances, and second place in one, and was the winner of the Novice
> Aggregate Award.
>
That is wonderful! There's nothing like a little recognition to keep a
person's interest up, and this fits the bill perfectly.
Lovely tartan. Is it modern? I don't remember ever seeing purple in a
tartan. My own is reds and greens and not particularly appealing,
except maybe around the holidays.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by BEI Design on April 14, 2007, 5:34 pm
Pogonip wrote:
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> That is wonderful! There's nothing like a little
> recognition to keep a person's interest up, and this fits
> the bill perfectly.
Yes, exactly!
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> Lovely tartan. Is it modern? I don't remember ever
> seeing purple in a tartan. My own is reds and greens and
> not particularly appealing, except maybe around the
> holidays.
I'm pretty sure the Highland dance competition rules are quite
flexible as to "genuine" vs. "beautiful-to-dance-in" tartans.
They do not require a clan-affiliation. The dancers (and their
teachers) all prefer tartans with a lot of white in them because
the "flash" while they dance in more spectacular. Blair also
likes the Purple Dress Cunningham, which is similar in color, but
more complicated in terms of working out the pleat pattern:
http://www.scotsconnection.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=8&P_ID=941&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=209
Working the narrow double stripe into the tapered hip-to-waist
fall would be a bit more difficult. But I'll go with whichever
one DGD prefers. In this case, she *is* the boss.
Beverly
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Posted by Pogonip on April 14, 2007, 5:44 pm
BEI Design wrote:
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> I'm pretty sure the Highland dance competition rules are quite
> flexible as to "genuine" vs. "beautiful-to-dance-in" tartans.
> They do not require a clan-affiliation. The dancers (and their
> teachers) all prefer tartans with a lot of white in them because
> the "flash" while they dance in more spectacular. Blair also
> likes the Purple Dress Cunningham, which is similar in color, but
> more complicated in terms of working out the pleat pattern:
>
>
http://www.scotsconnection.com/product.asp?numRecordPosition=8&P_ID=941&strPageHistory=cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=209
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> Working the narrow double stripe into the tapered hip-to-waist
> fall would be a bit more difficult. But I'll go with whichever
> one DGD prefers. In this case, she *is* the boss.
>
> Beverly
>
>
You will develop an expertise that you never envisioned! Then they'll
be beating a path to your door. That is such a labor-intensive process,
but good for you for doing it and not dashing it off as a parochial
school skirt.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by BEI Design on April 14, 2007, 7:19 pm
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> You will develop an expertise that you never envisioned!
Boy howdy!!! I have several books and I've downloaded everything
I could find online, too. The book I like best is "The Art of
Kiltmaking" by Barbara Tewkbury and Elsie Stuehmeyer:
http://www.tartantown.com/art_kiltmaking.html
I spent many a long night studying the diagrams and instructions.
I am fortunate in having a kiltmaker local to me (but who has
discontinued making kilts), she has been wonderful in sharing
hints and advice. She will be the person who takes a look at
this first kilt, to be sure I haven't goofed up majorly in some
way.
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> Then they'll be beating a path to your door. That is such a
> labor-intensive process, but good for you for doing it and not
> dashing it off as a
> parochial school skirt.
"They" can beat at my door all they want, my standard for making
a kilt will be very hard to meet: submit a DNA sample, and if it
matches mine, you're in! ;-)
I had no idea when I agreed to make DGD a kilt that the "real
deal" was *all hand sewn*. But, honestly...I'm enjoying it a
lot.
Beverly
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> "Novice" this AM, and was awarded a first place in two of her
> dances, and second place in one, and was the winner of the Novice
> Aggregate Award.
>