could use your araits as a pattern also. lay flat , use newspaper to mark it.I made a pair off of my suede ones. That little flair in front is important, or you can cut a triangle.Velcro works great. Just make sure you sew leather onto the velcro for strength as the velcro by itself seems to get worn with time. Lauriee and Rascal ----- Original Message ----- From: Lynn Kinsky Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:35 AM To: Marlene Moss Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] pattern for half chaps? >Hi,
>A local leather working shop just went out of business (PHS for those of
>you who've shopped their catalog) and had an auction. I ended up with 3
>boxes of scrap leather and suede. Some of the suede is big enough to
>make some half chaps so I was wondering if anyone had a pattern for
>making some. I don't really want to do a zipper and Velcro only will be
>easier anyhow. I've got to replace the Ariats I've been using - too
>stiff!
>If someone has some old half chaps that they were going to throw away, I
>could probably work something from that.
>Thanks,
>Marlene
Suitability has a half-chaps pattern:
http://www.suitability.com/ecom/eCommerce.DLL?8526:85088297.60527
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Lynn Kinsky Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky
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