Category Archives: boot maker

The landscape boot tops are finished. They have been and will be an excellent opportunity for praying the Boot Maker’s Prayer: “Please match, please match.”

The landscape tops are nowhere near completely stitched yet, but I feel like Bob Ross. Look at my happy little trees!

All of the pieces are together now and the boot tops are ready to be stitched.

The final puzzle piece for the landscape boot tops was the tree trunks. I was relieved when I had skived all four little trees without lopping off any branches and having to start over. Even though the tops already have … Continue reading →

Tomorrow will be a day of skiving. In England the word skiving can also mean goofing off, but tomorrow I won’t be using that definition — I’ll be thinning all the edges of this leather with a very sharp knife … Continue reading →

I’ve been dreading starting this pair of boots for two reasons:1.) Selecting the colors. These tops require several shades of green and I’m always worried I won’t have the right green. I mean, I do have probably the largest colored … Continue reading →

My friend Michael lost his eye in a car accident and I’ve been making him nice leather eye patches. Once I found out he had a sense of humor about it, I got creative.

One pair of shoe uppers is done; now I need to start on some cowboy boot tops so I’ll have two pairs going. I rarely ever work on one pair of boots or shoes because there are times when something … Continue reading →

I finally have the quarters stitched for this little pair of tall lace-up shoes. I recently learned that this technique is called echo stitching. Even though I thought of it independently I didn’t invent it, but as far as I … Continue reading →