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Side Saddling It

April 13, 2013Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

I’ve finished a sidesaddle Now I would not per say call it good, but I like it! Now with every new pattern, you’ve got to try it out and see what you need to change it to be better.

Now I made the flat seat English Sidesaddle. In the book, there are four different sidesaddles. Judging from the one I made, Carrie Olguin makes the directions simple and easy to follow. I can defiantly see myself making more.

The Tree

End Result

Contstruction

January 3, 2013Kristian Beverly2 Comments

Here’s how I made the saddle in this post.

I used Rio Rondo’s alternative pattern and picked the Dropped Front Rigging assembly.

Then I cut out the pieces

and tooled it. Then I outlined it with a black marker. Afterwards I dyed it with a chestnut color.

Assembling it was pretty easy.

Using Riversong Musing’s how-to on movable fenders I made, well, movable fenders.

Afterwards, a piece of chamois was added and trimmed.

And well as you know, here’s the result. With the stirrups.

My First "Resin" resin

January 1, 2013Kristian BeverlyLeave a comment

Last night, my first “real” resin arrived! Phoenix is here!

She was wrapped very well,

and looks awesome too. She’s a very smooth casting.

I can’t wait to give her a new coat, and show her in performance!

That’s a new saddle on her too, the one from the tree, here! I’ll do a post on it too :)

Tooling It

January 1, 2013Kristian Beverly2 Comments

Today I tooled my very first piece of saddle leather. After looking on line for how-tos I used a fellow hobbyer’s blog, Riversong Musings, and used her how-to on tooling leather to help. Then I used the extra sheet in Rio Rondo’s western saddle kit for the pattern. All in all I’d call it a pretty good first try!

Also, Happy New Year!