Wednesday, March 17, 2010

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


20 comments:

  1. What a great idea!!! This one is going on my "To Make For Christmas List"

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  2. I love seeing my little guy all westerned up! Yee Haw!

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  3. awesome ...vbs this year is western... I love the babies in the pic.

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  4. I stumbled upon your blog, which I love, and started reading this post. I thought, wow...we just had our Cowboy Days this past weekend! Then I remembered your from NM. I live in Cruces! What a small world....

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  5. I'm so laughing. I saw this and thought...well, what in the world would anybody need a gun holster for? And then I clicked and saw that you have a little boy. DUH. I have girls! My mind just doesn't work that way. My nephew would LOVE love this. Thanks for sharing!

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  6. so cute!! as a mom of 3 boys, love it!

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  7. So cute! My little boy isn't quite old enough, but I can think of some nephews and young brother-in-laws who would like this! Great job!

    -Ann Marie

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  8. I betcha he thinks your are the coolest mom in the world...

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  9. way cute. my kids love to play nerf guns the holster would be bigger than the kid

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  10. So cute! I LOVE Western themed things for little boys :)

    Thanks for linking at Lucky Star Lane!

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  11. LOVE THIS!! It's going on my 'to do' list for my little boy for Christmas!! Thanks for the great idea!!

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  12. My boys would love to have one of these! I have added it to my ever growing list of crafts that I want to make. My boys are 5,3 and 6 months. Maybe I'll get to it by the time the oldest turns 12!

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  13. I love a good boy craft! Very cool! I love the stitches around the outside!

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  14. Thank you for linking this to A Little Craft Therapy with Life in the Pitts!

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  15. Your kids are just super cute. I love the picture you took of them and the gun holder is really great.

    Thanks for joining Get Your Craft on Thursday. Please join me next week for another great party.

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  16. How cute! I bet your little cowboy loved it!

    Thanks for linking up to Make it Yours Day at My Backyard Eden. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

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  17. This is such a great boy craft! I just made one for my kids and my nephews. They love the holsters, check it out!

    http://familyrelated.wordpress.com/

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