Buffalo Check Is a Mate for Plaid

 

Buffalo Check which is also known as Lumberjack Plaid is a mate to tartan plaid. Similar to the Royal Stewart tartan plaid, the former is equally as popular. Just about anything that looks good in Royal Stewart looks great in this pattern, too.
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Whichever you call it, it is one of my favorites and a very popular pattern. Getty image.

HISTORY

Historically, this pattern could include clothing, then bedding, now handbags and other items. Here’s a great story from Tartan Authority describing its history.

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It’s Origin Part 1
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History Part 2
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History Part 3
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Bee & Willow sheets available at Bed Bath & Beyond

MORE OF THIS PATTERN

Continuing on from its Indian blanket trading history, it became a pattern for a man’s shirt. This design has been popularized on many items. Here is a sampling of its use in bedding above and then in a woman’s handbag below.

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Coach Chaise ‘gingham’ in Black/Red buffalo check

 

 

 

SOURCES & RESOURCES

Bee & Willow™ Home Buffalo Plaid Flannel Full Sheet Set in Red/Black

Online Fabric Store-Black/Red Buffalo Check Fabric

Here are the results of a search for buffalo plaid

The Origin of Buffalo Check of Lumberjack Plaid

Buffalo Plaid – It’s Origins

 

 

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A Passion for Plaid

 

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Royal Stewart Plaid Kilt from the Scottish Kilt Shop
12538 Basque Pl Woodbridge VA 22192 USA

INTRODUCTION

My plaid passion began sometime in my youth although I can’t say exactly when. But plaid has been a favorite pattern of mine as far back as I can remember.

My earliest memory may have just been the pattern itself. But there is no question that I soon developed a taste for anything with it.

I had clothes, a jacket and tartan plaid sheets and towels. My mother even had a plaid bathrobe.

But it was not until I was an adult that I learned about the Scottish plaids that represented the clans. They proudly wore the tartan and it was not just for decoration.

I later learned that there are many different tartan plaids as well as plaids that are unrelated to Scottish clans.

 

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The Vermont Country Store is where you can get all kinds of plaid sheets and other bedding to your heart’s content

There are two types of plaid that I love. They are tartans plaid and lumberjack plaid aka buffalo check. The former come from the clans that wove this fabric and made their garments from these ancestral patterns.

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This toddler’s dress is in the Royal Stewart Dress plaid. It is by George and available on Poshmark.

Their history is described here in this post. In addition, images above focuses on bedding and clothes in the Royal Stewart tartan plaid while images for lumberjack plaid aka buffalo check are on the next blog post.

 

CONTINUE

My plaid passion has never worn out. In fact to this day, I have found a new object for my love of plaid, handbags. I don’t think I ever owned a plaid one. But that is about to change. Searching online, I have discovered an abundance of plaid handbags. This actually includes those made out of wool and cotton. Then there are my outstanding favorites, patent leather plaid.

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This is an outstanding example of a patent leather plaid handbag found on poshmark.
Although the above handbag is not in a traditional plaid, it is still beautiful. Here is a tote that is in a traditional Stewart plaid.

 

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This tote was found on Etsy and is decorated in Stewart plaid.

CONCLUSION

In the next blog post, Buffalo Check Is a Mate for Plaid, I will present another of my favorite patterns.

 

SOURCES & RESOURCES

Yarn-Dyed Plaid Portuguese Flannel Cotton Sheet set

Toddlers holiday dress by George 24m

Burnside Yarn-Dyed Long Sleeve Flannel Shirt, M, Red/Black Buffalo, M

Royal Patron for The Scottish Tartans Authority

Scottish Clans and Tartans

Scottish Kilt shop 12538 Basque Pl, Woodbridge VA 22192 USA 1(800)999-0100

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