Practice Makes Perfect

A few weeks back, I got some new leather lace. So I decided that it was time to make some halters. My first victim was Snowman. His mold is the perfect one to try things on, in my opinion. (And he needed a new halter anyway) Here’s how it came out:

As usual, I made all the hardware myself. I can’t really afford to get a bunch from Rio Rondo. 
 

But this was my first attempt at a rolled throat latch.

I am very pleased with how it came out. :)

I think Snowman is pleased too!

After I completed the first halter, I was just dying to make another. This time I made one for my favorite Breyer, Adamek.

I used all the same techniques, but this time I tried adding little stitch marks to all the leather.

I was really happy with that one too, but I still felt that I could do better. So I got one of my other horses.(My only horse that I cannot name! Seriously, literally nothing I think of suits him.) And started making one for him.

I added stitch markings to this one too, and I think they turned out a lot better.

While making his halter I also noticed that he has a pretty big seam under his head. Seems pretty weird to me since he was a pretty rare SR for BF 2012. (Only 1,200 made for those of you wondering) but then again, I guess it’s always possible to miss one.

My two horses on the Cleveland Bay molds with their halters. I definitely like the newer one better.

And I managed to get three halters made with only one incident.

Bad X-acto knife!!!

I could’ve just stopped there or just made another halter. But I still had a bit of leather lace left and I wanted to do something more difficult. So I decided to try to make my first leather bridle. (The reason it doesn’t have reins is because I ran out of lace…ops!)

They’re still A lot of room for improvement, But I’m very happy with how it came out. And now I know what to try to do better next time. The buckles could be smaller, and the straps definitely need to be straighter, but practice makes perfect right?