Sew Your Own Horse Show Clothing

You can save hundreds, even thousands of dollars, sewing your own equestrian wear and horse show apparel. Custom make your own chaps, jackets, vests, slinky tops, horsemanship shirts, saddle seat suits, hunt jackets, dressage coats, breeches, and more. We offer several fabric and equestrian pattern sources to help do-it-yourselfers create a winning wardrobe.

Lycra Stretch Fabrics
Stretch lycra/spandex fabrics preferred for sewing slinky tops, horsemanship shirts, and horse "sleazies". A variety of weights, solids, and patterns are available.
-	Ann's Fabric - hologram and fancy lycra material (Canada)
-	Denver Fabrics - a variety of prints, solids, metallics, often at great closeout prices
-	Dollar Fabric - slinky knits, stretch velvets, and heavy weight lycra spandex by the yard
-	Emma One Sock - trendy and unusual stretch knits in various weights, textures, and patterns
-	Fabric Direct - hunt and peck, you'll find some great stretch fabrics and microfibers at amazingly low prices
-	Lace and Fabric - super stretch lycras in solids and patterns
-	Murielle, Roy & Co. - assorted lycras, including metallics and holographic prints
-	Peak Fabrics - a changing assortment of plain and fancy stretch lycras (Canada)
-	Pumpers - dance and costume fabrics, many suitable for western show apparel
-	Skate Design - changing selection of lycras in various weights, colors, and patterns
-	The Sewing Studio - metallic foil and hologram slinky fabric

Imitation Leather Fabrics
Faux leather is often labled as vinyl, naugahyde, stretch vinyl, Pleather, Ultraleather, and PVC. Determine whether the faux leather you choose is the right weight, has the right backing material (if any), and whether it will be suitable for garment construction and/or decorative trim. Always request swatches, if available!
-	Denver Fabrics - changing selection of garment weight imitation leather fabric by the yard, sample swatches available
-	EQuilter.Com - fabulous floral embossed "Pleathers" that imitate tooled leather
-	Fabric Mart - a changing selection of garment weight "Pleathers"
-	FabricYard Dallas - synthetic imitation leathers, microsuedes
-	Fabrics and Home.Com - higher priced, but good selection of animal print and embossed upholstery and garment weight vinyls
-	Gary's Upholstery - faux leather vinyls, may be suitable for overlays and trim
-	MJ Trends - great selection of PVC fabric and garment weight vinyl fabrics
-	MacPhee Workshop - browse SPECIALTY FABRICS for value-priced leather alternatives (Canada)
-	Manhattan Fabrics - black faux leather for vests, jackets, pants, and possibly chaps
-	Ranch House Trading Company - realistic embossed floral tooled faux leather vinyls (click on "fabric/leather" menu)
-	Syteks Design - industrial faux leathers in heavier weights, lots of colors
-	UpholsteryFabric.Com - upholstery weight faux leathers, samples available

Imitation Suede Fabrics
Often referred to as "Ultrasuede" (manuactured by Toray), faux suede comes in a variety of weights, colors, and quality. Heavier faux suede is preferred for making chaps, while lighter weights can be used for garments and decorative trim appliques.
-	Denver Fabrics - a changing selection of Ultrasuede brand imitation suede
-	Fashion Fabrics Club - a changing selection of discount priced, high quality faux suedes and microfibers sold by the yard
-	Field's Fabrics - great selection and pricing on many styles of authentic Ultrasuede
-	Lace and Fabric - stretch apparel suede and automotive interior synthetic suedes
-	Linda's - Ultrasuede information and fabric by the yard (Canada)
-	Ultra Style Designs - large selection of authentic Ultrasuede, including specials and closeouts

Real Leather
Pigskin, lambskin, suedes, splits, and garment leather hides suitable for making chaps, vests, and decorative trim pieces.
-	D'Anton Leather - fancy metallic and colored lamb hides
-	Leather Impact - metallic finishes, pearlized, faux prints, and fancy embossed skins
-	Tandy Leather - smooth garment leathers, splits, fancy embossed and faux prints available

Sewing Patterns Western
Patterns to make slinky tops, vests, jackets, horsemanship shirts, and pants.
-	Authentic Patterns, Inc. - some retro-western pattern gems can be found within a collection of square dance costumes
-	Jean Hardy - classically-styled western vests, shirts, skirts, and pants
-	Suitability - patterns for trendy equitation and horsemanship shirts, showmanship tunics and jackets, slinkies, vests, and pants

Sewing Patterns English
Patterns to make hunt, dressage, and saddle seat apparel including coats, breeches, jods, and shirts.
-	Jean Hardy - breeches, jods, day coats, dressage coats, shadbelly coats, hunt coats, ratcatcher shirt patterns
-	Suitability - hunt and dressage coats, breeches, jods, vests, saddle seat suit patterns

Sewing Patterns Specialty
Miscellaneous costume patterns for the horsey-set, including carriage driving, side-saddle, Spanish costumes, and square dancing.
-	Authentic Patterns Inc - if you sew and square dance, you've just found your corner of the web!
-	Side Saddle Apparel - sidesaddle apron patterns, plus custom-made apparel
-	Suitability - sidesaddle apron, driving apron, and split riding skirt sewing patterns

Sewing Patterns Historical
Patterns to make civil war reinactment, victorian, buckskin, Native American, and authentic retro western apparel.
-	Buckaroo Bobbins - award-winning selection of reinactment, victorian, and old west patterns, plus victorian carpet bag reproductions
-	Denver Fabrics - a good selection of all types of historical patterns from various pattern makers
-	Folkwear - riding skirts, shirts, prairie styles, frock coats, and a whole lot more...
-	Long Ago - extensive pattern catalog, including Civil War, victorian, and even moccasins
-	Past Patterns - historically accurate patterns from the 1700's to the 1940's

Western Wear Staples
Need it fast? Want it now? These high quality manufacturers specialize in fashionable western show apparel.
*	Carolina Beverly Hills - fabulous rhinestone belts
*	Connie's Customs - limited edition horse show apparel
*	Dazzling Designs Custom Show Clothing - Custom designed horse show apparel, plus in-stock blazers and jackets.
*	Hobby Horse Clothing Co. - beautiful chaps, pants, shirts, vests, jackets, slinkys
*	Pat Irish Show Shirts LLC - zip front pleasure, rail, and reining shirts
*	Showtime Showclothing - high fashion apparel for the western exhibitor from head to toe