Author Archives: customboots

About customboots

I'm a custom cowboy boot maker. I own a business, Sorrell Custom Boots, and I create bespoke cowboy boots using vintage machinery and hand tools. I also own www.sorrellnotionsandfindings.com, a company that specializes in tools, supplies, and leather for the boot and shoe making trade.

The importance of stitching

Posted on May 12, 2015 by customboots

Here we have a visual illustration of the importance of stitching. By the way, it takes me about an hour and a half to stitch each panel and there are four of them.

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A glass of whine

Posted on May 8, 2015 by customboots

These tops are really complicated and time-consuming to stitch. In their honor I’ve developed a new shop motto for myself: Stop Whining and Do It.

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Sad flower

Posted on May 7, 2015 by customboots

Sometimes I miscalculate when I’m cutting out dozens of small pieces. This poor little flower is the extra, unneeded one.

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Much skiving

Posted on May 6, 2015 by customboots

It’s taken me a while to get all of the pieces cut and skived for this pair of boot tops. Putting them all together was complicated too, but stitching should be the easy part.

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Sweet, sweet sound of moving air

Posted on May 6, 2015 by customboots

I figured out how to test fuses with my voltage meter, changed fuses on my air conditioning unit outside, and it came on! Today is the first day I’ve turned on the air and whenever it won’t come on I’m … Continue reading →

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Artist and business owner

Posted on May 6, 2015 by customboots

This morning I did some of the less exciting tasks of owning a business. I cleaned off my desk, paid bills, and balanced my checkbook. I’d forgotten to enter a couple of deposits so there was actually more money in … Continue reading →

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An entire book by Dale Sorrell

Posted on May 5, 2015 by customboots

I’m writing a book on leather inlay and overlay, and I was talking to my husband Dale this morning about the difficulty in conveying some of these concepts and techniques with only words and pictures. He said if he wrote … Continue reading →

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