Making your own saddle cloths

[PingPongPony]

Hi all
Was wondering whether anyone has had a go at making their own saddle cloths? I'm waiting for a delivery of some anti pil fleece fabric, to make my own bandages, as I have a strange colour saddle cloth and couldn't find any ready made ones. The problem is, that there will be quite a lot of spare fleece left over, and I don't need 3 or 4 sets of the same colour bandages, so I was thinking of making a saddle cloth and another set of bandages and maybe giving it to a friend as a pressie? I just don't know how practical fleece saddle cloths are, and whether they look nice or not?
Any suggestions welcome
And any photos of fleece saddle cloths on your neddies would be lovely!

 

[PingPongPony]

Bumping up

 

[BlairandAzria]

I don't know about saddle pads, but If you feel like making saddle covers- I'm in dire need!

Seriously though, saddle covers, neck warmers, tail guards are all pretty easy to make in fleece is imagine!?

 

[tinap]

There was a thread the other day about home made stuff http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=615783&highlight=saddle+cloths

I make my own, I've done a fleece one although not used it yet. Tbh I think it will be a nightmare to get hairs off saddle covers are dead easy to make & fleece is perfect for them. I've done bandages too, they're the best thing to make as they're so easy! xx

 

[PingPongPony]

I may just have to buy proper cotton fabric then and have a go. First on my list though is a sewing machine as me thinks it'll be pretty hard to sew it all by hand I just don't know what to do with the spare fleece that i'll have. I will have 3m x 1m of spare fleece after making my bandages and I don't want to waste it
ETA: I have no use for saddle covers as I have the total contact saddle, so a saddle cover would be pointless to make

 

[swilliam]

Couldn't you line a fleece one in cotton to stop things sticking to it?

 

[PingPongPony]

That's a good idea, would probably work out cheaper as well as the cotton wouldn't need to be a fancy colour

 

[tinap]

It would work out cheaper as cotton inst cheap (a thing I've recently discovered!) Ebay is your friend for cotton fabric there's a few good, reasonably priced sellers/shops on there. xx