Horse back riding - in skirts

These photos were taken at Southern Cross Guest Ranch in Madison, GA. 

More pictures may be posted on my “Goatgirl’s blog” later. I made my riding jacket and skirt as well as Dave’s coat and trousers. Kayla made her skirt. She also braids western leather work such as: bolos, key chains, whips, and other things not posted on her webpage. Dave does blacksmith work making: dinner bells, hooks, fire pokers, and other neat things like this horse head letter opener.

Horseshoe n’ flowers pillow case

I took some of the left-over flower and horse border of this bedspread and made some pillow cases. The picture does not show up as bright and pretty the flowers really are against the white background. Even though it was made to match the horse bedspread, the purple flowers match rather well with the purple in my flying geese quilt.

Horse n' flowers bedspread

I recently finished the top to this bedspread and now I’m not sure how to finish it. I like the horses jumping through the horseshoe and the beautiful, lovely flowers all around with plenty of white. The white areas would look to nice to be quilted, but I’m not too eager to hand quilt such a mass of space right now. I thought about tie quilting it, or just hemming the edges and leaving it as a thin bed sheet. If I did though, I am not sure what  to do with all the raw edges of the seams of each block. For now, I’ll leave it as it is until I decide.

Western glass etched glasses

Here is my latest western themed project. Glass etched western glasses. Each glass has a different picture: a bucking bronco, an Indian chief, a saddle, a steer, a cowboy sitting on the fence rail, a desert seen, and a cowboy on a horse.

Silver heart spur bookends

Several years ago I bought a pair of silver heart spurs to make western bookends. Just this afternoon, I finally got around to drilling the holes and putting them together. It is rough cut wood and slightly bowed. The spurs are rustic and the hearts have already started to turn. It does not have the shiny polished look of the set I made for my friend. Still, it has the silver hearts and what girl doesn’t like hearts?

Yes, I know, western bookends and I have no horse books between them. While I don’t own many, I’ve read some of the best - John Lyons’ training books and Monty Robert’s Join-Up and his Shy-Boy, the story of the mustang tamed in the wild.

Western vest and boot sewing kit

I made this little western suede vest and boot for a friend. The little boot is a scissor holder and the vest has pockets inside for thread and a little pin and needle cushion.

Woodburned Horse-head spoon

Here is one of the woodburned horse-head spoons I have done. I can burn a horse spoon for folks at $2.50 a spoon, plus shipping. Since each one is done individually, the look will change slightly. Some folks have told me these are too pretty to use for cooking, but at only $2.50 a spoon, you can buy one for looks and for cooking for only $5. :)