Western Machine

How to sew a hole in my western saddle pad?
I just got a hand-me-down pad western saddle, but has a hole in it. It is very thick, so I can not use a Sewing Machine and needle often passes for it. How I can sew? Thanks even hand sewing needle usually pass.
Another note on the kinds of industrial sewing machine, if you can find a saddler, who set the type chairs instead of selling it is almost certainly a I imagine it would sew for you. Your best bet is probably patches but otherwise I can see that even grouping. My mind is wandering to the beautiful mosaic chair pads now: D
