Author Archives: customboots

At some point I need to stop making shoe uppers and actually make the shoes. But it doesn’t matter right now because I’m feeling better, so playtime is over and it’s time to go back to work on cowboy boots.

I am now weak as a newborn kitten and exhausted, but the boots are on the last. If you ever want a good fight, try lasting a pair of ostrich boots that decide they don’t wish to be lasted.

I am genuinely so proud of myself right now. I ran into a small issue as I was putting these together. Instead of barreling ahead and hoping for the best because I had a deadline, I stopped before it was … Continue reading →

It’s an unsatisfactory place to stop, but I’ve done the difficult part (sewing in the hard counter) and now I must go enter orders and pack boxes.

It took me far too long to understand that if I wanted laying soles to be easy, without the threat of ugly gaps or places that wouldn’t stick, I needed to neatly prepare the boots leading up to that stage.

I put these together completely in my head last night before I went to sleep, and in a historic first, I did not sew anything out of order this time. Please ignore the messy bench (I obviously am) and the … Continue reading →

The cowboy boot top on the bottom has been completely stitched; the top one is only partially stitched. Please notice the importance of stitching for leather inlay and overlay. All of the tiny details and any hint of movement or … Continue reading →

The big gold dot turned into a planet.

I put these beauties on the lasts yesterday.

Because you can’t blend or fade one color into another with leather inlay/overlay, I decided to attempt a color fade with stitching. The sun is orange and the band next to it is yellow, so I’ve covered the yellow with … Continue reading →