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An archive of articles dealing with historic and contemporary Scottish Highland Dress by Matthew A. C. Newsome, kilt maker, member of the Guild of Tartan Scholars, past director of the Scottish Tartans Museum and past governor of the Scottish Tartans Authority.

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Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 22, 2016

Campbell tartan, Duke of Argyll’s colors

from the blog archive… 7/6/13

I just sent out this very special kilt. It is the ancient Campbell tartan, and over the years I have made many kilts in this tartan. However, this customer had a special request. He…

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

Wilson of Bannockburn colors

from the blog archives… 3/25/13

In my kilt making, I offer clients a choice between the usual color options for tartans — modern, ancient, weathered/reproduction — and the more historic Wilsons of Bannockburn colors.

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

Tartans: Soft and Hard

from the blog archives… 3/23/12

Visitors to my web site may have noted that I now offer a variety of finishing options on the cloth woven for my Heirloom Kilts.
http://newhousehighland.com/heirloom_about.html

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

Another Catholic Tartan

from the blog archives… 6/22/11

Catholics with any interest in tartan or Scottish heritage at all were thrilled last fall at the launch of the St. Ninian tartan, which I was privileged to have been able to design on behalf of the Scottish…

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

Introducing the New House Highland tartan

from the blog archives… 2/28/11

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

St. Ninian tartan created to honor Papal Visit to Scotland

from the blog archives… 9/9/10

Posting from Scotland: I was very honored today to be invited to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh for the official launch of the St. Ninian tartan…

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Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 22, 2016

Parliamentary Debate in 1908

from the blog archives… 6/3/10

While searching through Google Books recently, I found a transcript of The Parliamentary debates (Authorized edition), Volume 191. Within it was a small debate over where the cloth for the military was…

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

UGA tartan

from the blog archives… 12/9/09

Recently I was making a kilt in this tartan, shown below…

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 23, 2016

Rethinking Irish Tartans

from the blog archives… 3/16/08

As St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching, I have been getting a lot of requests regarding Irish tartans. It’s given me cause to rethink the possible origins of many of them, and indeed, the “Irish tartan”…

Rev. Mr. Matthew Newsome in Albanach

Jul 22, 2016

A Tartan Giant Has Passed

from the blog archives… 5/19/08

I just read the following announcement on the web site of the Scottish Tartans Authority this morning.

James D. Scarlett, M.B.E.
It is with great sadness that we announce the death…