Author: erinsibleysleathercraftstudio

What is going on for this week is to repair a throat lash for a pony bridle. Yes yes the little darling decided to have a little nibble on the buckle and is bite right through it. So if you think horses teeth are dull think again. I’ve been bitten by a few times and… Continue reading Oh the joys of owning a pony.

So I have a few things in the pipeline already. So I've got a knife Sheath to fix. I've still got that saddlebag to fix and so I need to reply to my email. So the big upheaval in my life at the moment is the fact that I've change rooms in the house. And… Continue reading So this is the new year!!

Then I think of my work has picked up before Christmas. It's mainly been fixing things. Such as handbags,gun cases and a pair of boots. These things are important to someone and I'm very grateful for the work. I'm hoping in the New Year To pick up more work. I still have a leather luggage… Continue reading The work before Christmas.

I don't know what is going on in the Main Stream industry at the moment but the other day I have a client who wanted her pony's bridle made smaller. So I when to see the bridle on the pony and it was huge. The owner told me that she ordered the pony size and… Continue reading The wrong size

  So I got a job to make a pair of reins last week. And in the middle of making them I released how happy I was. I what more of that. So I have definitely decided I need to keep making and I have made a list. That’s what I have to do. 1.… Continue reading Making a pair of ridding reins

I have to be really inspired to write as being dyslexic is a real hindrance to the whole writing process. Nothing much has been going on this week. Last week I sold a pair of vintage car luggage straps, which were a different from the norm. As a month ago I ran a little craft… Continue reading What to write about?

Having the right leather in making horse tack is so important for your horse and your safety too. I know how expensive leather is as a saddler/bridle cutter. I normally spend £130 on a  half leather hide. And your all thinking why do you spend that much on leather, for three very good reasons, it’s… Continue reading The important of the right leather

So I’ve been at this line business for 6 now and I wounder why haven’t I made a go of it, well there’s a lot of factors to that one of them being, I was born with a leaning disabled that’s call dislexcia. Which means I can’t read or write very well. My reading has… Continue reading Reflecting

So this week it the same old staple of repair work. The leather on the nose piece of the head collar had become worn out and had snapped. and one of the chin stays has worn out too but I didn't tack any pictures of that repair. sorry. The leather has become thin and has… Continue reading Repairing a leather head collar

This week I contracted the the dreaded cold that has been going around the county and I still have it. but I rely wanted to work on the gun case repair, that was sting in by workshop. The leather strap needed replacing and the loops that held the dee to the case had ripped. But… Continue reading The gun case

This week i had a saddle fitting job to go to. The horse was a ex-race hoses six to seven years old, the owner had only had her for a year and what an amazing job she had done in bring up her conditioning. Of course I got lost finding the place as I always… Continue reading Saddle fitting a ex-race horse

Thanking my wonderful dad for re-felting and insulating my workshop roof this holiday brake. After many months of planing, saving and the perches of a new nail gun.   The lighting will be up dated so too.    

So this week I have had three repair jobs, two dog collars and one of which was made throw my new website, go website. I'm very pleased at what I have achieved this week. I know my righting need a lot of improving but I hope it will get better in  the near future. I… Continue reading The weeks work

Hi there! It's been a month since started this website/blog and I'm still new at this so bear with me. The calls I have recently been getting are about repairing chairs, sofa and car seats. Sadly I'm not a leather upholsterer, but if you need a dog lead or bridle then I'm your girl! The… Continue reading Not an upholster!