You can just turn the hide inside out, and sew a sleeve onto that, by sewing through the skin, or if it is thick enough, through the middle of the skin, without going through the other side, using a curved carpet needle, with fine nylon, or rayon thread. If you choose to sew through the hide, turn out the the hide, and sleeve, and if any hair was sewn down, just take a needle, and lift them up, and the stitches will be invisible. If you want to use the head part for a cover, you can trim around the head, and put a loop in the nose, and a antler, or bone button below it, to hold the head down over the arrows, as a cover flap. You can sew a green, or yellow ball, in each of the eye holes, to give it a live look. When you turn the hide inside out, you can sew up the tail section, if you want the tail section down, and put in a round, or square bottom piece in it. If on the other hand, you will use it head down, you can still use the tail, as a cover flap, with a loop sewn on the under side of the tail, and looped around the button, or you can just cut the tail off, and use it for a liner for the top opening, to keep the arrows from rattling. Depending on how long the tail is and the diameter of your top opening, you line the inside of the opening, at the top, and if there is any left over tail, you can split it, and either hang a strip on each side of the top, or bottom. Or you can sew it on the bottom, and let it hang down. You can remove the head, and do the same thing with thread ball eye balls, and sew it on the hide, just above the bottom, or just below the top, or use it for the cover flap, over the top to protect the arrows. Or, sew it to a pouch, and sew the pouch onto the middle of the quiver, to put in extra strings, flint and steel, small knife, extra arrow head, mojo bag, etc.
There are a multitude, Or "Plethora"
of options. You can turn the whole thing inside out, and decorate the inner flesh side, and have the hair on the inside, to help keep the arrows from rattling . I have a yote, and a fox hide, I have been debating on whether or not to make a hat, or quiver. When I get back up here in Montana,(I have one more load, and a cat to bring back out here), then I will start making more stuff, and getting back into leather work. I have a beaver skin, I got from LLoyd Beere, Hunter trapper's Dad, that I want to make into a trappers hat, for the Wife of a Friend of mine. Well good luck, andtake lots of pictures!
Wayne
