HorseyGal here, and I am getting my horse blankets prewashed today during a break in the rain.  It has been cold and rainy here, so it’s been a bit of a struggle getting them outside and prewashing them.

You’ll remember I picked up those 15 blankets at the barn where my horseygal girlfriends were visiting.

I’m going to hang them on my fence so that I can hose them down and scrub them before putting them in the washer.  Getting the hair and dirt off really saves the washing machine.  I really recommend buying a second hand front loader washer so you can dedicate it to just washing the horse blankets.

I got half of them done today…and then hopefully I can get the other half done tomorrow. It goes pretty fast when you have them all hung up in a row like an assembly line.

For getting the hair off, I used an old horse brush, and then I bought a little portable shop Vac and it works great for vacuuming the hair!

I got the work room all set up for repairing the blankets.  I was going to do it out in the garage, but it gets too cold out there, so I decided to turn the spare bedroom into my work room.  I will have lots of room to work and places to store my hardware and fabric.

I found a local fabric wholesaler today that gave me a great deal on rolls of fabric that were considered irregular.  Nobody will notice when you’re using small squares of fabric.

Well, that was a huge score, and I’m sure if you decide to tackle a business like this, you will know how profitable it will be for you.  I just talked to somebody in Virginia, who has a huge business traveling and picking up horse blankets all the way into Washington, DC.  Amazing!

So I’m pretty excited about my new business…in case you want to know more READ HERE