Here is a shot of one of the backs before it was dyed.



For the front, I chose a grey rabbit fur. I'm going to do the dangles in a different colored rabbit.

Since the gusset seam was going to be covered up by the fur wrapping around it, I sewed the gusset to the back side of the front piece.




This shows the front with the rabbit fur on and the top edge trim. I really didn't need to do this part, but I wasn't sure if I could find a cantle, so I put it on just in case and to give it a more finished look. I used pre-dyed black pigskin ("mission grain") for the binding.