Equipment like turn-out rugs, flash nosebands, chaps and boot straps frequently need to be repaired. You can send them out to a professional harness maker to be fixed, but that can result in a long wait and can be costly. You can repair a lot of items made of light leathers and heavy fabrics yourself without any fancy equipment.

I recently had to sew a length of zipper back onto my daughter's half chaps. I took pictures of each step required to sew the zipper back onto the leather so you could see how easy it is to make these simple repairs.

Photo K. Blocksdorf 2006

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