Category Archives: Cowboy Boots

This is what I’ve been doing today.  

I’ve decided to enter Chase’s Mission Main Street grant competition, and I’d appreciate the votes from anyone who’s willing. As a cowboy boot maker I often have difficulty obtaining the products I need. Realizing other boot makers and leather workers have … Continue reading →

Paige just finished these pretty shoes for herself. She’s titled this pair “Ursula.”

In cowboy boot making terms, the leather that wraps around the heel is the counter cover and a decorative piece over the counter cover is a countertip. This is a turquoise ostrich counter cover with a chocolate countertip.

Here’s a link to my YouTube video for May. It’s a Boot Life

I sewed the side seam on this pair of boots this morning and turned them right-side-out. This afternoon I got them on the last and put in the toe boxes. Paige graduates this evening, I have a lot to do, … Continue reading →

Morgan is hard at work making leather strops for me. I provide each student with a strop to use in an inlay/overlay class and when the class is over they beg to keep them. I promised my last class I’d … Continue reading →

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.

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.