Sorry to be so late to follow up, but I didn't get to the fabric store as I had already spent enough getting ready for the event according to my wise and all knowing finance manager

One of the folks who invited me out did bring a kilt and some other props for their session and volunteered their use for everyone else. The results are better than I thought and one example can be seen in the thread I started here:

http://www.nwpphotoforum.com/ubbthreads/...p;vc=#Post15540