Members Mulesaw Posted January 26, 2023 Members Report Posted January 26, 2023 Since making the set of purple chaps, I have been interested in making another set. Gustav participated in a large jumping competition around Christmas time, and it was uncomfortable cold, so I suggested to him that I made hi a set of chaps. He accepted but he wanted them dark brown so they would match the tack for the horse, white stitches, and there was to be absolutely no bling or fringes etc. whatsoever. He would be using them while riding and also while he is teaching riding to others. I purchased some oiled leather that I figured would look and work fine as riding chaps. Last year I bought the Tandy chaps pattern pack, and I started measuring on him to get a good fit. I made the yokes out of some veg tan that I had, and despite the no bling restraints, I decided that a discreet basket weave didn't fall into that category. It was my first real attempt of making a basket weave, and I think it came out OK. The sewing was done on my old patcher, and I had put some heat shrink tube on the feet to avoid them marring the surface. There was still sufficiently grip in that they could transport the material. Laura generously posed as a model for the photos since they were to become a Christmas present for Gustav, so he couldn't see them as soon as they were completed, that's why they are a bit too long and also a bit wide around the waist. He liked them and has used them when it has been really cold, but he commented that he thought the basket weave was well into the bling category!!! I think that he'll get used to the basket weave and I'll just have to continue my quest for finding someone who want me to make a set of batwings with fringes and all :-) Quote
PastorBob Posted January 26, 2023 Report Posted January 26, 2023 29 minutes ago, Mulesaw said: Since making the set of purple chaps, I have been interested in making another set. Gustav participated in a large jumping competition around Christmas time, and it was uncomfortable cold, so I suggested to him that I made hi a set of chaps. He accepted but he wanted them dark brown so they would match the tack for the horse, white stitches, and there was to be absolutely no bling or fringes etc. whatsoever. He would be using them while riding and also while he is teaching riding to others. I purchased some oiled leather that I figured would look and work fine as riding chaps. Last year I bought the Tandy chaps pattern pack, and I started measuring on him to get a good fit. I made the yokes out of some veg tan that I had, and despite the no bling restraints, I decided that a discreet basket weave didn't fall into that category. It was my first real attempt of making a basket weave, and I think it came out OK. The sewing was done on my old patcher, and I had put some heat shrink tube on the feet to avoid them marring the surface. There was still sufficiently grip in that they could transport the material. Laura generously posed as a model for the photos since they were to become a Christmas present for Gustav, so he couldn't see them as soon as they were completed, that's why they are a bit too long and also a bit wide around the waist. He liked them and has used them when it has been really cold, but he commented that he thought the basket weave was well into the bling category!!! I think that he'll get used to the basket weave and I'll just have to continue my quest for finding someone who want me to make a set of batwings with fringes and all :-) very nice @Mulesaw! I think the basket weave looks great. Quote In God's Grace, Pastor Bob "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8 www.PastorBobLeather.com YouTube Channel
Members doubleh Posted January 26, 2023 Members Report Posted January 26, 2023 They look good to me I used to wear a pair of those riding my Harley. The cowboy type straight from the local bootshop. I liked them much better than those from motorcycle shops. Quote
CFM chuck123wapati Posted January 26, 2023 CFM Report Posted January 26, 2023 those look great my friend!!!! Quote Worked in a prison for 30 years if I aint shiny every time I comment its no big deal, I just don't wave pompoms. “I won’t be wronged, I won’t be insulted, and I won’t be laid a hand on. I don’t do these things to other people, and I require the same from them.” THE DUKE!
Members Mulesaw Posted January 26, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 26, 2023 @PastorBob Thanks a lot. I think the most difficult thing was to not get the weave to "wander off" , but I could feel that at the end of the second yoke, it was all more natural compared to the start. @doubleh Thanks a lot. I have never used chaps for riding my motorcycle. I normally use bibbed leather overalls, they seem to fit better with the semi crouched riding style on my 1973 Moto Guzzi V7 Sport. Quote
Members Mulesaw Posted January 26, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 26, 2023 @chuck123wapati Thanks a lot Chuck, I have to ask my son really serious if he would prefer me to make him another set with dark brown yokes and no tooling at all. In that case Laura can get those :-) Quote
CFM tsunkasapa Posted January 26, 2023 CFM Report Posted January 26, 2023 Looking GOOD! I've been wanting to make a pair of angora chaps. Quote Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?
Members Mulesaw Posted January 27, 2023 Author Members Report Posted January 27, 2023 @tsunkasapa Thanks, I'll have to show Laura those angora chaps, I bet she would love a set like them too. I wonder if they are hairy on the back side as well, or if it is just on the front/sides? Quote
Members Gezzer Posted January 27, 2023 Members Report Posted January 27, 2023 @Mulesaw Well done Sir !!!!!! Quote
CFM tsunkasapa Posted January 27, 2023 CFM Report Posted January 27, 2023 8 hours ago, Mulesaw said: @tsunkasapa Thanks, I'll have to show Laura those angora chaps, I bet she would love a set like them too. I wonder if they are hairy on the back side as well, or if it is just on the front/sides? No, just on the front. 'Woolies' are frequently made as batwings and are lined with canvas. Quote Hoka Hey! Today, tomorrow, next week, what does it matter?
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