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Monthly Archives: December 2020
New shoes
I finally decided to wear my new shoes. They’re comfortable, they feel like cowboy boots, and no one else in the whole world has a pair like them.
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Faces and expressions
One of the most difficult things to do in leather inlay/overlay is faces and achieving a suitable expression is particularly challenging, especially in the smaller ranges. This little prince has a long way to go before he’s done but I’m … Continue reading
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Challenges of rough-out
The Little Prince boot tops are rough-out–that’s the back side of the leather. The back side of this blue wasn’t as clean and unblemished as I might have wished (one tends to choose leather by the grain side) but I … Continue reading
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Paper patterns
I enjoy making patterns so much–it is peace and meditation for me. This one was particularly fun and I actually chortled doing the Baobab tree. It’s going to disguise the back seam perfectly. That little tangle of hands and crane … Continue reading
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Love/hate
I’m making progress on the Peyote flower boots. This is a tough design to stitch and I hate it all the way through, but it’s so elegant and beautiful that as soon as it’s stitched I love it again.
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The importance of planning
If you need me, I plan to be staring blankly into space for the next few days as I plot how to create this design in leather.
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Introducing…
Introducing “Walkin’ In The Sunshine”
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Heels
I finished the soles and built the heels on these today. They’re almost finished!
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The Little Prince
This is a preliminary, awaiting-approval sketch for a “The Little Prince” pair of boots.
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