Tack, Props and Miniatures by Nichelle
Ever since seeing the Icelandic horses at BreyerWest/NW Horse Expo, I've been wanting to make a model sized version of the blankets they were wearing. Today I finally made that happen. This is based off a real fleece rug produced by Top Reiter. Mine is made of cotton, with ribbon for the flag's stripes. I … Continue reading Icelandic Horse Blanket
An ad for this flysheet kept appearing in my social media feeds. It comes in silver, white, and yellow ducks: It made me laugh. So I created a small duck pattern, had it printed on cotton through Spoonflower, then used it for a model horse sized blanket: It still makes me laugh. The blanket is … Continue reading The Duck Blanket (+ it’s for sale!)
I really wanted to make Cadell a plaid blanket like his Momma's, but settled on (more) dinosaurs because why not. They look like jammies. I'm ok with them looking like jammies. I think it's cute on the big horses but on the tiniest pony foal?! Squeeeeee! I think this is the smallest blanket I've ever … Continue reading The Littlest Blanket
I finished up a square cooler today: I think these are usually made of fleece. Mine is cotton, but it might drape nicer with a different material. (Jersey, maybe?) Still, for a spur of the moment project it came out better than I thought it would. It helps that it didn't need a pattern or … Continue reading Square Cooler
I needed a simple project to work on today, so I put together a ribbon halter for my Rhian model. This led to a matching blanket. Pink really isn't my favorite color, and this pony looks good in practically every other color so why pink? Because. I don't think she approves. At least I have … Continue reading Pink
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