Cowboy Days and Gun Holster Tutorial

This past Saturday our family made its yearly visit to the Cowboy Days at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces.  We love to get dressed up for the occasion...well...the kids and I do.  Unfortunately I did not get any pictures of myself which is often the case since I am the one taking the pictures.  Here is a picture of the kids watching team roping. 

Last year I made the vest you see him wearing.  It is nothing special it is made of felt and I sewed a star and stitched sheriff on it.  Luckily it still fit.  I also made Kate an outfit but didn't get to this year.  However my mom made this adorable outfit that fit the occasion.   I ended up whipping together a holster for Josh so he could carry his gun.  Here is how i did it.  I took his gun and laid it on some brown fleece- i would have preferred felt since it is a little stiffer but it was just for the day so it did okay.

Next I cut the bottom piece of the holster. Using the gun as my guide.

Then I cut the top piece.

Then I sewed it together with silver thread using a decorative stitch.

 Finally I cut two slits for it to put the belt through.

Here it is ready to go!

Have a ROOTIN' TOOTIN' GOOD DAY!!

This project was featured at this fabulous blog