Tartan for Christmas

I am a sucker for tartan, especially in red. 

Red Stewart is my classic favorite. I think I can thank my mom for that. I had numerous Stewart kilts growing up. I guess they were the thing to have way back then. No, I won't share how long ago that was. 

When I saw the Nikko Tartan, it came home with me without a second thought. 

 And then I succumbed to Lenox Holiday Tartan. Mom had the black plaid placemats. Maybe the love of plaid and tartans is a gene that has been passed down?

I've used the Holiday Tartan for both informal and more formal settings

It appeared for Thanksgiving one year.

I still buy tartan and love to wear it. I've even used gifted tartan as a table runner.

This year, I might just fall pray to Williams Sonoma's tartan chargers....

and their salad/dessert plates. Should I?

Found these here.  Called Harlequin by Dot & Bo... they don't look like harlequin!

Found these here. I should have bought these!

These from Pier One are adorable!!! Small appetizer plates. One can never have too many!

From Ralph Lauren Home. Duke Dessert Plate. Yummy!

Found on Replacements.com, Sasaki tartan plaid dinnerware.

 

 

This wonderful pattern is by Spode, called Glen Lodge Tartan. Found here.

 

From the Williams Sonoma blog.

So do you Tartan for Christmas?

Dreaming in Tartan

It's a tartan/plaid parade!

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This  year I finally got my most desired dishes - Lenox Holiday Tartan!!

I had been coveting wanting this set of dishes for a while.

Then One King's Lane had them and I hem-hawed  around.....

but not for long..

Today I put them on some plaid placemats.

I found these when we were cleaning out my mother's things.

We had spotted them at the same time at TJMaxx a decade ago.

I caved, she bought them and now I have them.... they still had price tags!!!

12 placemats, 12 napkins.....

Plan on using my red goblets and the etched wines....

Loving how the tartan ribbon swirls through the fruit.

To see some Christmas tartan, click HERE, HERE, or HERE.

I also have some plaid for a manly table...

I made these placemats and the napkin rings out of men's shirts.. 

Each placesetting is a different shirt.

The sleeve cuffs became the napkin rings.

Embroidered with names and motifs... each is unique.

And my son Michael has this mom-made quilt. Out of fabric from my resource center (stash),

the guy's old shirts, and some unmentionables....

My son also sleeps with blackwatch! It's a tartan, it's a duvet, it encases his

down comforter... although... we have moved on to just sheets already...

Sweet tartan dreams!

Linking up to the parties and to Seasonal Sunday over at the Tablescapers!