Matching plaid (or matching tartan, UK girls)
Ages ago I remember seeing a very useful link to a blog that explained how to match plaid. At the time I swear I saved it as a favourite. Can I find it again? Of course not. So I googled and googled and found this fab helpful article here. Hope you like it.
I'm pretty sure it is not the original link because I remember alot of pinning was involved. If anyone knows where that article was I'd be much obliged....
In the meantime, I confess, I checked with our TSW nominated Anglo-American language expert Cathe because I wasn't 100% sure what plaid was. She confirms that it is tartan. (Thanks Cathe for responding without laughing at me.) I have found out why there is a difference I think, here's an interesting article about the history of tartan (plaid).
And that last sentence is definitely a sentence I never thought I'd write ;0)
Is it plaid or tartan where you live?
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Permalink Reply by margueritedesigns on
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I've always known the particular squared patterning as both, for instance, there used to be a 'plaid' blanket in my family (that's what it was always called, such as in, where's the plaid blanket?!) I always associate 'tartan' with official clan patternings, of which I believe there are hundreds. 'Plaid', I always think of as any old colour combination ...
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Permalink Reply by charlotte tilley on
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Good point Diane, I wasn't sure if plaid just referred to checked material or was tartan. I only knew the word from the film "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" with Steve Martin, I seem to remember a sort of yellow and black check on the adverts for it. My memory is rubbish though!
I was amused to see Megan say she was making a plaid jumper - I now know that means a tartan pinafore! Tee hee
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Permalink Reply by Judy Roberson on
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Hey my friend /teacher..so proud your back..Missed you.Hope you had a good vaccation..
So funny... it is plaid here in Ms..Tartan[like Cathe said, It is the scottish little skirts they where,]hee hee..
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Glad to see you too Judy - you are looking very slim in your latest photo, way to go! Have you got a plaid project in thepipeline???? x
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thankyou Charoltte t.. You are tooooooooooo sweet --- but I will take the slim compliment anyday.hahahhah [It is soooooooo slow going, and I have been really slow here lately..ha].
No, I dont have a plaid/tartan project lined up.. What about you?
Hey ..no embrassment about plaid... It just depends on where you live and what your folks say? Cathe and I both...keep running across stuff that one or the other didnt know... Keep teachnig us..your the best!!!
To be honest with you... tell you how dumb I am, I actually, really thought it was the little skirts that those men wear in the Scotland area.[Not the plaid fabric, I thought the skirt itself.]hahaha..
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Hello skinny Judy
I'm a bit afraid of the whole lining the plaid up properly thing so I am not sure but I SO want to join in. I wouldn't buy plaid because I know you have to match it up (I learnt that on here! another thing I now know, this place is fab for learning stuff) but as it happens I do have a piece of plaid wool that a lovely lady gave me, 2 and a half yards, a bit like a blanket. However it is bright red, blue and yellow. I think it must be the official tartan of the McColourblind clan ;0)
After all my bad thoughts about the 1970s I do have a 1970s pattern I could use my piece of plaid for. So I might well try it! I do think of tartan as a very 1970s pattern, I had plaid trousers as a child, we all did, do you know the group the Bay City Rollers? I think my piece of plaid could have been stolen from them....
Actually, you are very close with the Scottish man skirt thing (I think they are called kilts), apparently a plaid in Scotland is a blanket worn over the shoulder - so it is an item of clothing - you are not as dumb as you think! (I looked it up on wikipedia once Cathe had told me what plaid was. I didn't know. I am learning SO much)
If you are not doing plaid will you do dyeing and fabric paint? Or are you still doing those 20 dresses?
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Permalink Reply by Cathe on
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My Scottish blood prefers tartan! But on another note I walked into a J.Crew store today, they had a table of tops identified as tartan shirts so there you go!
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How funny!
BTW Cathe as Diane knows what plaid is and uses the word I am thinking it might just be me who didn't know, how embarassing, ah well, you live, you learn.....
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Oh I don't know, I'm sure there are plenty of tartan people and plenty of plaid people, just depends where you grew up I think! I'm calling it tartan from here on out!
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Okay I received an email last night from my fabric fabric store. They just received 30 bolts of wool, some were described as "tartan plaid"!!??!
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Well... there you go.. we are all right... tartan and plaid or make it simple and call it tartan plaid.haha
[Charolette T.. dont we feel better now? hee he
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tee hee, tartan plaid it is! you are right Judy, I feel better now
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