After fixing the stirrups on my two Western style saddles, I decided to tackle the English saddles as well. I also tried removing the paint from my brown horse's Western saddle. Parts of it had been painted peach and turquoise, which just wouldn't do, so I tried using Winsor and Newton Brush Cleaner, and it did take some effort over two days, but all the paint came off. Then I took my tan and wine red English saddles, stained them with brown paint, and cut out the pieces for the new stirrups....
I sewed on all the new stirrups, and covered the side flaps of the English saddles with leather...
This is what the white horses looked like when I first got them at Value Village....
Little girls might love pink, but it just wasn't going to do for my dolls, especially not the knights.
"You've got to be kidding!?!?"
"You've got to be kidding!?!?"
I took some of the more realistic bridles some of my horses came with, and painted the pink plastic a wine red, and added leather leads. I had already made fancy saddle blankets and trims, and the newly improved saddles completed their look. So this is how they look now....
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