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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.

Boot Queen, that’s me!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by customboots

From today’s mail… I expect to be referred to in this manner from now on.

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Feedback on my book!

Posted on February 15, 2018 by customboots

A lady who purchased my “The Art of Leather Inlay and Overlay” book made these boots and sent me this message with the photo.   “I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your book! I have made my … Continue reading →

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A bouquet

Posted on February 7, 2018 by customboots

We were on a cruise last week. Dale attended a nature lecture in Honduras and brought me back a half dozen wild pig bristles. He knows me so well–that’s way better than roses!

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Completed Boots

Posted on January 22, 2018 by customboots

Title: “It Hurts Me More (the Second Time Around)” I chose this title because these boots are a reproduction of boots that the Louvin Brothers wore in a photo shoot in the late 1950s. So this is the “second time … Continue reading →

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It’s a Boot Life

Posted on January 22, 2018 by customboots

On my YouTube video this month, I show how I create a boot top pattern from the client’s measurements. It’s a Boot Life

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I’m a collector

Posted on January 19, 2018 by customboots

I collect Hobo International handbags and wallets, but I don’t like the ones with a magnetic closure. It’s too easy to catch on something and spill open. This is probably the fourth bag I’ve converted from a magnetic clasp to … Continue reading →

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Passport Holders

Posted on January 17, 2018 by customboots

I made five passport holders. Here’s a link to my Etsy page where I’ve listed them for sale.

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Heels

Posted on January 17, 2018 by customboots

I’m starting to build heels today, one… layer… at… a… time.

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Soles are stitched

Posted on January 12, 2018 by customboots

It is such a wonderful feeling to have two pairs of soles on the boots and stitched. Boot making usually goes quickly now.

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Lacing the shank

Posted on January 10, 2018 by customboots

These two pairs have had the steel shank laced to the boot. Tomorrow, shank covers and then soles.

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