Hello and Happy Holidays!! 🙂

We have been receiving orders for holidays and so far we are able to guarantee a well before Christmas delivery date. 🙂

If you do want to order saddle pads for Christmas gifts, it takes only about 2 days for us to make it and send it, + a day or 2 if there is increased volume on the sewing machine!  However, in order to make the 2-ish day sew-to-ship date, we ask that you select from our available fabrics – because that is what is in stock.  Special order fabrics (ex. collegiate themed saddle pads) I have about a 2 week wait for the fabric to come in.

We can take orders  up to the Dec 16th for mail orders and Dec 19th for local orders that are picked up.

Here are our latest saddle pads that have made their way to horses around the U.S.:

“Florida Gators” (all purpose) shipped to SC:

“Red Nosed Reindeer (all purpose) shipped to GA:

“Camouflage” (all purpose/extra long) and “Fancy Stamps” (jumper) shipped to PA:

If you are interested in a saddle pad, whether for holiday delivery or not, please feel free to contact us through the Contact Form or at cat@catscustomsaddlepads.com.

Thanks!! 🙂

Hi!!

I can’t sleep!  So I thought I’d share some exciting news!

We have lots of new fabrics, 50+ and some already made saddle pads available for sale!  Lots of holiday ones too!  Use the filters available on the right side of the screen or the menu selections under Saddle Pads or Available Fabrics.  We have updated the site with retired fabrics — the fabric is no longer be stocked by the manufactures.  No fear though!  It gives us room for new ones!

We hope you find something you like!!

Happy Holidays!!

Hi!!

Long time, no speak!  Sorry about that.  Too much stuff going on and not enough hands!!  Anyway.  Jen and I have been busy, busy, busy.

Two weeks ago, I was supposed to unofficially set up a little space to sell some saddle pads.  The location was in Kent CT for an eventing show.  But… the weather was less than friendly.  Jen was entered to compete but she was concerned about the rain and Chloe slipping and getting hurt, or she herself getting hurt.  There was grass turned mud everywhere and it was raining Clydesdales and Percherons!  Jen completed her dressage test, scratched for stadium and would have scratched for cross country, but Kent ended up canceling that phase because of the conditions.  Out of 143 horses scheduled to compete, only 16 horses and riders actually got through the cross country course.  But several horses were slipping at the jumps and the ambulance (as required for all horse events) confirmed that they could not get to the certain area of the fields should they be needed (if a rider falls… and gets hurt).  So they day ended early.

Needless to say, setting up a tent and displaying saddle pads was not going to happen.  Between the wind and rain making a mess of everything and me still a little nervous to be doing this, I decided to pass.  I am fortunate enough to have a loyal and supportive and encouraging following at Oakendale though, and they were enthusiastic about a personal trunk show.  And I was happy to oblige.  Cameron bought the Halloween Spiders and Meredith bought the Halloween Vines.   Julie has claimed (Halloween) Candy Corn.  Kylie got the Pink Camoflauge and Alison the Pink Paisley.  So I felt good about the day! : )

The following day, we went to Arbitrage Tack and dropped off 5 more Halloween themed saddle pads to display and hopefully sell.  We also got the good news that 2 of our saddle pads sold. Woohoo!!  The 2 saddle pads were reversible, so I am wondering if that is going to a favorite for folks.  I’ll try to make a few more reversibles to bring to shows and sell online, just to get a better feel for personal preference.

Ok.  So back to the title of this post.  Tomorrow (which will be today by the time I post this!), we are setting u an official booth at Fox Crossing Jumper show in Morris CT, which is doing a fundraiser for Breast Cancer awareness.  Jen, the very sweet and personable PR girl in our little team of 2, contacted the farm and asked if we could donate a couple of saddle pads as well as set up a booth to sell.  The request was very well received.  We are donating 3 saddle pads, 2 of which are special-themed for breast cancer awareness:

Flowers & Pink Ribbons – Jumper size

Pink Ribbons – Jumper sized (Boo stealing the candy…)

We will let Fox Crossing select the 3rd saddle pad they would like to donate.  This is what they can pick from all of which are for sale!!

Blue Owls – Pony size

Rainbow Polka Dots – Jumper sized

Pink Zebra – All Purpose sized

Candy Land – Pony  sized

Sea of Polka Dots – All Purpose sized

Paper Planes – Jumper  sized

Chocolate Bubbles – All Purpose  sized

Doodle Dots – All Purpose  sized

Crazy Stripes – All Purpose  sized

Cheetah – Pony  sized

Hello Kitty! – Pony  sized

Halloween Vines – All Purpose  sized

Chocolate Stripes – Jumper  sized

Candy Corn – All Purpose  sized

Purple Spiders – All Purpose  sized

Halloween Vines – Jumper  sized

Green Peace – Pony  sized

Camouflage Woods – All Purpose  sized

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Fall Owls – All Purpose  sized

Purple Triangles – All Purpose  sized

Fancy Stamps – Jumper  sized

Autumn Leave – Jumper  sized

White Stars – Pony  sized

Circle and a Dot – Pony  sized

Chocolate Bubbles – Pony  sized

If you actually looked all of these and took the time to scroll through this long post, you can read me admit that the picture quality is pretty shitty and does not do justice to the actual saddle pads.  : )

Hope some of these interest you.  We have MANY more fabrics that are in the process of being cut and sewn so be on the look out!!

Thanks for reading, peace and happiness!

Hello,

We’ve been busy yet again!  The following saddle pads are for sale at $40 a piece, not including shipping if they need to be mailed.  As usual we have been having fun finding fabrics and colors that are fun for all.  And please don’t forget that we can make the saddle pads fabrics you see with other colors (in the quilted backing, binding strap, girth straps and border).  We can even find fabrics for you if you have a specific theme you are looking for.  I’ll show a picture at the end of this of a custom order that I did recently!  Please contact me at cat@catscustomsaddlepads.com for more information on purchasing or for any questions you may have.  Thanks!

In no particular order…

Fancy Stamps – fabric has subtle gold embellishment with blue quilted backing, dark blue binding strap, and turquoise girth straps and border. Regular all purpose sized:

4th Of July: Perfect for the coming months! Fireworks display with subtle shimmering silver in the fireworks, blue quilted backing, red binding strap, blue girth straps and dark blue border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

Doodle Dots: Colorful polka dots on lime green! Dark brown quilted backing, dark brown binding strap, girth straps and border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

Marble Swirl: A swirl of purple and pinks! Blue quilted backing. Purple binding strap and girth straps and dark purple border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

Pink Cheetah: Even the gelding can pull this look off!!! Bright pink cheetah spots on even more bright pink, Dark blue quilted backing, Bright pink binding strap and girth straps and dark pink border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

Pink Paisley: 50 shades of pink! Dark brown quilted backing, Gold binding strap and girth straps and dark gold border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

Pink Camo: This one won’t blend in the forest! Dark blue quilted backing. Bright pink binding strap and girth straps and deep pink border. Oversized (standard now..) all purpose size.

And last but not least, custom ordered for a client in Florida:

Hello!

So we’ve been working hard on developing a saddle pad cookbook of sorts.   We’ve made 2 so far, one for us as the master copy, and one we dropped off at Arbitrage Tack, the lovely and well equipped tack and consignment shop owned by Randi and Deb, who have graciously agreed to sell our saddle pads!

The book has every fabric that we offer, with actual samples and photographs.  It also has sizings (dressage, pony sized, regular all-purpose) and the ingredients that we have available to make a saddle pad.

In addition to the pre-made saddle pads that we have made and are being displayed for purchase at Arbitrage, we also wanted to offer customers the opportunity to design their own saddle pad.  All the fabrics have been glued down to the pages, but the polypropylene samples (used for binding the saddle pad together as well as making the girth straps)  and the border samples (sewn around the entire saddle pad) have been fastened to their pages with velcro.  This allows you to be able to un-velcro the samples and place them next to the fabrics that you are interested in, getting a preview of exactly the color combinations that YOU want!

We will make just about anything though.  If the fabric is not in our book, we’ll find it for you!  If you already have a fabric purchased that you want us to work with, we can do that too.  We are also happy to offer ‘team’ saddle pads, for barns or pony club teams, etc… where you may want several of the same kind made.

Custom orders can still be made through our website as well.  All the same samples that are in the book are also on the website, and you can mix and match colors (don’t forget we can do reversible too) to come up with exactly what you want.  The pre-made ones that we have designed are also available for your purchase.

We are constantly adding new fabrics and welcome suggestions on fabrics you’d like to see.  Just let us know!

Thanks!! : )

Hello!

Just a couple of things I wanted to mention…

We are going to try to stick to the darker or non-cream and white colors for the backing of saddle pads.  If you do specifically prefer the lighter colors, we can still provide that.  The non white colors are better at hiding the dust and dirt that can ‘stain’ the underside of the saddle pad — even after washings.  So we will continue to make the best color choice for the quilted backings and those colors will include: black, dark blue, dark brown and red.  Here is the link for all the quilted fabric backings that we use, Quilted Fabrics!

Reversible saddle pads may or may not have a quilted side, but in general we will stay away from mostly white fabrics.

As for sizing, all pre-made all purpose saddle pads will be slightly larger as well.   To date, our dimensions have been as such:

Length = 19 inches, Width = 25.5 inches, Spine = 21 inches

This is the new larger size we will be moving to:

Length = 20 inches, Width = 28 inches, Spine = 23 inches

This is the compare of the 2 sizes for relativity:

As usual, please feel free to contact me for any questions at cat@catscustomsaddlepads.com.  Thanks!

Arbitrage Tack in Waterbury CT has shown great interest in selling my saddle pads!! : )  I will be bringing these six saddle pads in with my newly printed business cards as the price tag along with other handy information.  Nervous and excited!!

Two ‘special’ orders were requested: one dressage saddle pad and one all purpose saddle pad.  I love the colors on these.

This is Blue Green Wave all purpose saddle pad:

This is Fern dressage saddle pad:

One of the reasons I LOVE making these saddle pads is that the younger crowd that orders them think of such fun themes!  I wish I had taken individual pictures of the saddle pads before I delivered them but hopefully you can get an idea from these photos instead.  One is a traditional camouflage print of thick cotton… yes, we even please the male customers… : ).  The other is a furry textured cheetah print that is insanely soft to the touch.

Here is the assembly process:

Although these were special orders, both these fabrics are available for saddle pad purchase!