Monthly Archives: April 2025

405 Magazine

Posted on April 30, 2025 by customboots

OK, I’m really happy with this interview. The photos are great and I actually said everything I’m recorded as saying.

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And sometimes I make boots

Posted on April 23, 2025 by customboots

I laid the soles yesterday, stitched them this morning, pegged them this afternoon, and answered the phone/talked to people/ran errands/did paperwork in between times.

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Fun With Sole Stitching Thread Colors

Posted on April 21, 2025 by customboots

I stitched the turquoise boot soles with lavender thread and the red boot soles with burnt orange thread.

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Let the whining commence

Posted on April 16, 2025 by customboots

I inseamed four boots today and two yesterday. Also, I’m going to be very sore this evening.

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I deserve it

Posted on April 15, 2025 by customboots

I gave myself a little treat and inseamed the “Satan Is Real” boots. I didn’t start inseaming until around 4:30 but I have a small foot so it went quickly.

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Wonder if they’re related

Posted on April 15, 2025 by customboots

Pretty turquoise alligator boots and a weird Smurf hand

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Progress

Posted on April 15, 2025 by customboots

On the bench today

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The very first

Posted on April 7, 2025 by customboots

This is the first pair of cowboy boots I ever owned. Jay let me design a pair of boots for myself while I was working for him; I did the boot tops and then Jay and Woody finished them. I … Continue reading →

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Cowboy boot playing cards

Posted on April 7, 2025 by customboots

My new deck of playing cards is available now! I worked on these for months and I’m happy with them. (They’re the reason I didn’t get a cowboy boot calendar done for 2025, sorry.)

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Butterflies!

Posted on April 3, 2025 by customboots

These butterflies were an absolute pleasure to stitch. Here’s an excerpt from a presentation about cowboy boots explaining why butterflies were and are such a popular theme for cowboy boots: “One reason for the prevalence of flowers, butterflies, and occasionally … Continue reading →

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