Trophy saddle pad

[farns005]

Gift for a friend.

Other side.  Go Cougs!!

[YinTx]

That's pretty cool.  I hadn't thought of stitching leather to cloth like that... hmmm the options!

YinTx

 

edit:  just saw the "Air Ride" -  did it have an air bag in there that is now flat???  

Edited July 15, 2019 by YinTx

[farns005]

Lol, no just a wool pad.  I hadn’t seen this before, but friend wanted me to make it as a gift.easy project and way to personalize a saddle pad.  2 challenges, open for suggestions.  Hard to hold in place to start sewing, and 2) this pad ah a significant change in thickness mid upper corner.  I have a Cowboy 3200 and almost exceeded it’s capacity.

 

Kelly

[BDub77]

Nice work. Go Cougs! :-)

[SaddleBags]

Since you asked ...  I do this sort of thing regularly, by which I mean about 10 times a year. I cheat a bit.  I use the machine to punch the holes in the leather patch, but without thread.  Then I use a dab or two of livestock glue to hold the patch in place and tack the patch on at the corners.  Then I stitch the whole thing by hand.  It takes longer, but the end result looks better, IMHO.

[farns005]

11 hours ago, SaddleBags said:

Since you asked ...  I do this sort of thing regularly, by which I mean about 10 times a year. I cheat a bit.  I use the machine to punch the holes in the leather patch, but without thread.  Then I use a dab or two of livestock glue to hold the patch in place and tack the patch on at the corners.  Then I stitch the whole thing by hand.  It takes longer, but the end result looks better, IMHO.

Thanks I like that idea a lot!

 

Kelly