Waterproof rug tutorial

Hi! Today I thought. I should make a waterproof rug tutorial. You can use this tutorial to make other rugs, of course, but waterproof ones look really cool and then you can turn out your models in the rain (but I don't recommend that with Breyers).

You will need:
Waterproof material (there is so much on Amazon)
Buckles
Ribbon
Hook and eyes
Pen
Glue gun or some reliable glue
A model horse of any scale (I'm using Schleich)

Let's get started!

1. Take your waterproof material and cut out the pattern in the picture below. Use Word to enlarge it or if you're good at drawing, copy it down on to your material.

2. Cut two lengths of ribbon (depending on your model's scale) and glue the hook part of the hook and eye on the ends of the lengths, making sure the hook faces downwards.

3. Glue the straps on the front of the rug like this: 

4. Take the other part of the hook and eye, measure across the chest with your straps and mark with your pen where you think the eye should be. Ideally it should be snug but not too tight. 

5. Repeat steps two, three and four, but this time with the surcingle straps. Make them on an angle so they cross over like they would on a real rug. 

6. Now for the neck straps! Glue two reasonably long length of ribbon on to the off side of the rug. Then glue the buckles on as in the head collar tutorial - see first post. 

 

7. And you're finished! Please comment below if you don't understand anything or you require more pictures.