Business is Booming

It has been a surprise that my haversacks have been selling so well - after all, there are many folks who sew them. (I use haversacks because a friend who also sews them got a cease and desist letter from a woman who says she coined the phrase pony pouch. Alrighty then! Haversacks it is!)

Yesterday I mailed out four packages of assorted haversacks. I also got four new custom orders and spent time online ordering fabric. (Another fun rabbit hole to go down!)

This vintage 1970s Jockey & Silks fabric sold out the day I posted it for sale. We have a lot of racing fans in this hobby!

I ended up using the remnants to make a couple of small haversacks for folks who asked if I had any of the fabric left.  That was a surprise; traditional haversacks are the most requested. But, this fabric was so unusual, it makes sense now when I think about it.

I was able to track down this racing fabric for two customers who asked if I had other racing fabrics. 

I sewed their pouches plus three smaller ones, and before I could even post those on the Mercantile, they sold.

Anne Field is holding a photo show and she picked out this fabric when I told her I would donate some haversacks. As a surprise, I embroidered the name of the show (and her business) on it in purple, her favorite color along with pink.

When I list haversacks for sale, I usually take photos of models with them so that buyers can see which models they will fit.

Having my models modeling them is fun, and I try to pull out different ones each time I finish one.

The In-Between Mare, Zahra, got a chance to model, too. I figured that since she has such a long neck, people might wonder if she fit a standard Traditional haversack. She does!

I have spent several hours a day upstairs in my horse room/office since I retired. Now that I am sewing so much, I find myself spending most of the day there. 

And I don't mind one bit.