Template for making own saddle covers?

[Tharg]

I'm not great at sewing and I have an old cotton duvet cover with a big hole in it thanks to a hungry moth!

It doesn't owe anything and I have decided to turn it into two saddle covers - one for a gp and the other for a dressage saddle.

I have no idea how to go about this, any tips?

My sister has a sewing machine so I could ask her to sew in (?) the elastic part.

Chocolate if you get this far!

 

[Maesfen]

Find the right size and shaped numnah, lay it flat on the material and cut around the shape making it six inches larger all around. Once cut, turn in a short hem all around (on the inside of course) then turn it up a bit (enough to take some elastic threaded through it) Thread the elastic through the hem line, tighten it up a bit and tie off. Make sure you can still fit it over saddle easily, you don't want to scrunch the leather up.

 

[Rhandir]

There is an American site which does patterns for horse stuff www.suitability.com I think