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Carrie,  I get  most of my codura and nylon from
Fabric Warehouse in Lewiston Maine.  If I don't find
the color my customer wants than I get it from The
Rainshed in Colorado. (which takes about a week to
ship to me) My wool I get at the Oxford Woolen Outlet
and my polarfleece at the Malden Mills or Rainshed. 
The tarp material (plastic coated) I get at
Wal-Mart.Walmart also has wool and polar fleece
but.......it is a little on the pricy side there.  All
my hooks, snaps etc I get at the Warehouse (unless my
customer wants "traditional surcingles" then I get
those from Rainshed.  I prefer Powersnaps for blankets
as my horses can unhook the "traditional" ones and
they seem to unhook when they roll.  

Hope this helps.  Happy sewing.   Vicki



--- "Stewart, Carrie" <carrie@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> If you don't mind me asking, where do you shop for
> material like the
> coated nylon or the denier nylon/condora for your
> rump rugs?
> I make/sew my own but have never been able to find
> the material so I
> have used my old blankets.
>
> Carrie Stewart
> Central Region
>
> Subject: Re: [RC]   rump rugs
>
>
> Hi,   I am a vender and I personally don't mind at
> all.  I love it when people learn to make their own
> stuff.  That is how I started, people saw my stuff ,
> wanted the same, couldn't find it and asked me to
> make
> it.   I decided to make and sell.  And have ever
> since.
>
> I might add to the "make it your self" though.
>
> In stead of putting gromets and shoe laces etc. 
> What
> I do (much more secure) is sew some of the  binding,
> as a strap (to go through the rings, or onto the
> girth
> etc) and put velcro and maybe even snaps (much
> easier
> to hook and unhook) Whatever you like.  You can make
> it to fit all types of saddles this way. Make the
> side
> ones (or the middle one) with an extra tie strap for
> the roll up part) I also put straps down low with
> velcro only, to hook onto the girth so there is no
> blowover in the wind.(no amount of weights will keep
> it down in a Maine wind)  And one more thing I do is
> make a tail loop.  My horse likes to buck and
> sometimes the rugg flips up if I don't have a tail
> loop on. If you want to get really extreme you can
> even add leg straps, this is for those who plan on
> keeping it on for the wholr ride (snow AND wind for
> example.  You can make a waterproof one by adding
> coated nylon (on top)  to your wool or polar fleece.
>
> Hope this helps and have fun.   Vicki
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