Tack, Props and Miniatures by Nichelle
I got the turnout blanket finished this week! This was inspired by a similar Rambo turnout. The front closes with a velcro strap and two hooks: Without the hood: And on a standing model: I have to adjust a few things, but I'd like to make more in different color combinations later on. Personal piece, … Continue reading Completed Turnout
My goal for this week was to get some more work done on my saddle. That didn't go too well. This week was stressful and I just wasn't up for working on tack. I did get the flaps skived down and dyed, so that's something. Instead of working on it today I procrastinated by starting … Continue reading Works in Progress
This week's project was another set of western saddlebags. It's been about 3 years since I've last made these, and I wanted to find ways to improve them this time around. One of those improvements was figuring out how to make them fully lined. This eliminated a lot of the work that goes into these … Continue reading Saddlebag Experiments
This week was, once again, kind of crazy, so I haven't made much tack progress. My town got it's first snow of the season, (more like wet, heavy slop than snow) and it's caused major power outages and broken trees everywhere. I lost power again today because of high wind gusts. It's kind of hard … Continue reading One Piece at a Time
This has been one of those weeks where I had a bunch of things going on all at once. It's all good, but I didn't have much time for hobby stuff. I've started working on the cutback/saddleseat saddle for Hamilton, and so far it's been slow going. The perfectionist in me wants to make sure … Continue reading Busy
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