Monthly Archives: January 2022

Did you think I was finished stitching leaves when the boots tops were completed? If so, you were wrong. I still had to stitch all of the leaves on the vamp and counter (foot and heel) and I even fit … Continue reading →

Five rows of stitching — three olive and two hunter green — come together in the leaves on the boot tops. An unintended benefit of doing every other row in a different color meant that it was easier to keep … Continue reading →

I suppose one could make the case that I’m lazy, but I rarely ever create a design with isolated, stitched details. I like a design to flow and I feel that if each element flows into the next you should … Continue reading →

Usually I have every detail planned in my mind, but I was uncertain about the beading color on this pair for quite a while. I normally wouldn’t bring in another color that’s not being used for inlay somewhere on the … Continue reading →

“Skiving” is thinning the leather along the edge so there are no bumps or ridges where the pieces join. “Skiving” also means goofing off in England, but yesterday I did the first kind of skiving, not the second one. Although … Continue reading →