Well, I can't believe how long it's been since I last updated the blog! There just aren't enough hours in the day to get everything done. I hope everyone had a safe and happy Holiday season and that 2013 is a good year. I'm still just as busy as ever making saddle pads. I'm working on nine new patterns as well as a variation of one of my current patterns. I haven't been doing much pedigree assignment since I have a backlog of saddle pad orders. My model herd is steadily growing and is at almost 600 (after we get our tax return that number will jump to roughly 700). I also found out that I just can't use the DMC satin and metallic floss for the saddle pads, it just doesn't hold together and lay nicely enough for me. I put an ad on Craigslist as I had 78 skeins of it and was unable to return any of it. A lady in Wisconsin saw my ad and said she was able to use all of it for what she makes. She said that she had a lot of 18 and 22 ct aida cloth that she was unable to use. So, we traded! I now have enough aida cloth to make at least 100 saddle pads. Another local lady happened to see my ad as well and she called me to say that she has quite a bit of the 18 and 22 ct aida as well that she can no longer use. We were going to meet up last weekend but ended up getting an ice storm which left everyone at home. Looking forward to seeing what she has available though.
As of today, February 1st my order bookings look like this -
Kim D - 'rush' saddle pad for end of Feb b-day gift
Randa G - ten saddle pads, 6 traditional and 4 classic. Of those, four traditional are done. Will also be trying both a stablemate and pebbles scale pad to send to her to try as she's an avid performance photo shower.
Ariel W - two saddle pads
Rita T - one saddle pad so far
Heather B - two saddle pads
Kim D - one saddle pad with more to be decided
So, if anyone is interested in getting a saddle pad from me please don't hesitate to e-mail me at michelevonhagen at yahoo dot com. I can generally squeeze a rush order in if need be and for those who may be waiting for me to 'catch up', I haven't been caught up for months so it's better to just get put on the list!
