Tack

Step Forward

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Right before Breyerfest I decided to buy some new leather. It’d been a while since I’d last had some thin calf leather and after searching I’d finally found some. The seller is located and is called The Hide House. I highly recommend them. I have more than enough calf leather now and it’s smooth and thin. I received the hide and it’s been sitting since I’d bought it.

Until last weekend. I dyed a piece and had been slowly but surely cutting out pieces. 
I finished putting it together Monday night. I changed up how I do the knee rolls and am pleased with that adjustment.
It went together smoother than the last saddle but upon looking (and staring at it) I see some changes I need to make for the next one.  Sometimes you make things and can’t pinpoint what looks off and then it hits you. My biggest issue for my current saddle pattern is the pommel,skirt, and twist section. The panels I just need to thicken some since before covering them they always look thicker than they really are. 
But still, I do like this saddle. It’s an improvement over the last one. 

Etsy Shop

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I made an Etsy for Five Paws Studio!
Here’s the link for it

I love Etsy and have been a consumer of both model horse and book related products. I finally broke down and made one for Five Paws Studio. It’ll make the business side of model horse tack selling much easier which will allow me to focus on making things. The least fun part of tack making is shipping and figuring out the best way that benefits the buyer. This will take away that stress. Hopefully. :D
I’m currently stocking it with some left over nameplate halters from Breyerfest. After that I’ll keep it stocked (anyone have any suggestions for what they’d like to see?).

When I add anything new I’ll make sure to make an announcement here first, so don’t worry about not knowing about new items.

Best Saddle

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It’s Breyerfest week! I’ve been making tack for the NoNANSense demo, but decided to make a saddle. I’m glad I did because this is the best English saddle I’ve made. The part of the saddle that I struggle the most with is the tree and pommel. I ‘m really happy with how it came out. Pattern wise and dye job too.

I’m also pretty happy with the underside too. I’ll have an English saddle now that I don’t have any issues displaying lol.

Pile of Halters

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Breyerfest is so close and I feel like I still have so much to do.
The one thing I feel pretty good about is in the tack department. I will be at NoNANSense as one of the hobby demo people so I need to have stuff prepared. I figured with the time slot, halters were the way to go. I think they’re one of the easiest pieces of tack to make.  At the moment I have fifteen. Hopefully I will get up to a higher number. There’s an array of halters in the pile. Some have fun colored lace, others have padding, and a small few have nameplates on them.

My goal is for all of them to have nameplates. But some will be getting them during NoNANSense.  I plan on adding nameplates during my demo, so if you’re going to be coming to NoNANSense I will be presenting at 1 pm. The majority of the halters are being made to fit the celebration horse mold. I think they’ll look nice on him. :)