more sewing.........

[Mac Ghille Sheathanaich]

Greetings all, 24 October, 649pmMST

Here is my latest creation..........

This is for my son in Hawai'i. Some of you may have seen the pix of his kilt that I posted up some time ago.





The medallion is a "Horse Brass" with the Welsh dragon and the Welsh word "CYMRU" cast into it. Bought it from an eBay dealer in England. Horse brasses are draft horse harness embellishments.

The front is from a red fox pelt, with buffalo hair tufts. All hand stitched. The front and back are gusseted together so it will open up some. I made and assembled the straps also.

The background tartan is the remnant of the Welsh National I made my son's kilt in.

I have to thank my wife for weighing in on the artistic aspects of this. She has more of an eye for what looks good than I do.

Fide et Fortitudine, aye!

T.

[Kiltman]

Thanks for the pics. I admire your work. Keep on making sporrans.

[dfmacliam]

Very nice, I especially like the use of upholstery tacks. You and your wife have a good eye... I like the buffalo hair use too... I have some laying around somewhere...lol

[raibeart_dubh]

A very nice sporran in my opinion! Keep up the good work!

[sydnie7]

What a great use for a horse brass! Now you've added project # 5173 to the list. . .

[DizzyIzzy]

Wow, that is very very nice!

[turpin]

A very handsome ysgrtpan...yastrpynd...welsh sporran.

[bricelythgoe]

Looks great! I love fox as the front of a sporran. Have made several myself.

[SFCRick]

Nice job, I'll look for this sporran in April at the Hawaii Scottish highland games and festival

[celt72]

Good job! Looks like it turned out great.