I love projects that I can finish in a day. My last saddle pad was made for my gelding, Bud, and his dressage saddle as his close contact saddle was not fitting him well enough at the time. However, since getting Bud a new mate, she has ended up with the dressage saddle for the time being and after a few months of good work, the close contact fits Bud well enough to be used again. Using one saddle pad between two horses is not ideal so I chose to make another.
It's obviously not pieced like the last one so the wow factor isn't the same, however I did spend some quality time FMQing it and that looks fantastic.
Pretty much, I just wanted a super thin pad with a layer of Zorb to wick sweat away from the back. Zorb works great for that. I generally remove the saddle and find a lightly sweaty back that dries in less than five minutes unlike where the girth lays, which is always WET and runny. I love Zorb.
