These boots are all together and ready to put on the last, and I’m nervous. They look like they’re going to go on the last well, but I was admittedly patterning far above my skill level.
To answer the many questions I’ve had about why I patterned them as I did: I wanted to put a zipper in the boots, but I don’t like running the zipper straight up and down where a normal side seam would be, as it forces the counter to be too short. I angled the zipper across the side of the boot so I’d have a longer counter. The zipper is covered by a flap that matches the strap covering the opposite seam; at first glance they don’t appear to have a zipper.
I’m pretty happy with how I was able to achieve nice curves in the ankle area, in a boot with straight side seams, by springing the patterns under the vamp tongue and the counter cover.