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I had hoped to start cutting leather today but instead I completed all of the pattern pieces and fit the last.

Here’s a link to my July newsletter.

Paige is in Georgia for five weeks at the Savannah College of Art and Design. In addition to the regular classes she’s taking, she’s also making a pair of gold, stitch-down chukkas with my friend Marcell.

This is the design for the next pair of boots I’ll be making.

It’s a Boot Life My Monday video is now on YouTube!

Emelie is finishing the heels on her boots. We were a little worried we wouldn’t have time to finish them since we took a day off and went to the lake over the fourth of July. But she’ll have a … Continue reading →

A new order of Baker Leather arrived at my shop this morning. There are some really nice heavy insole shoulders in this order.

My daughter Morgan has started a blog and her first post is about working in the shop with me. Since she’s a great writer and really funny, I suggest you follow her.

Emelie and I laid the soles on our boots today and stitched and pegged them. Tomorrow we’ll build the heels. They’re almost finished!

These are the colors I’ve chosen for an upcoming pair of boots. At this point I don’t have a design or a client but I have the colors!