I'm back to working on this saddle. I'm determined to finish it but it's been a challenge. It's like putting a puzzle together... except you have to create the pieces as you go and hope it looks like the picture in the end. π¬ I keep making pieces, altering them, changing my mind and re-making … Continue reading Puzzle Pieces
Category: Saddleseat
Works in Progress
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
One Piece at a Time
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
Busy
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
Quarter Boots
When looking through my saddleseat reference photos, I noticed that some horses wore boots around their front hooves. I later learned that these are quarter boots from digging around old threads on Model Horse Blab. (sidenote, I can't access the site anymore, is it gone?) I wanted to try making a pair for Hamilton and … Continue reading Quarter Boots