Monthly Archives: August 2017

When you’re a cowboy boot maker, it’s not enough to create something beautiful. You have to be able to do it again–reversed.

Distortion is always a problem when you’re creating inlay into a curved piece of leather, and it still has to be stretched over the last. In other words, this boot is making me nervous and I won’t know if the … Continue reading →

This pair of boots will have a feather inlaid on the vamp (foot part) of the boots. It’s tricky to position correctly, so I drew it on the last where it should be and then created the paper pattern using … Continue reading →