Tack, Props and Miniatures by Nichelle
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 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
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
This week I finished up a Bronc style halter to fit Stein: He's... not a tack friendly model, so the halter is held in place with sticky wax. I had to make the noseband three times before I was happy with it. I used a sample of some goat tooling leather Rio Rondo sent with … Continue reading Third Time’s a Charm
For the most part, Hamilton's bridle is finally complete. There is one thing I need to fix, but that would require un-tacking, re-tacking and re-photographing it and I just don't have the energy for that right now. 😫 But aside from that it's done! And I can't say that I want to make another double … Continue reading Saddleseat Bridle
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