Category Archives: Cowboy Boots

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Sad flower

Sometimes I miscalculate when I’m cutting out dozens of small pieces. This poor little flower is the extra, unneeded one.

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Much skiving

It’s taken me a while to get all of the pieces cut and skived for this pair of boot tops. Putting them all together was complicated too, but stitching should be the easy part.

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Sweet, sweet sound of moving air

I figured out how to test fuses with my voltage meter, changed fuses on my air conditioning unit outside, and it came on! Today is the first day I’ve turned on the air and whenever it won’t come on I’m … Continue reading →

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Artist and business owner

This morning I did some of the less exciting tasks of owning a business. I cleaned off my desk, paid bills, and balanced my checkbook. I’d forgotten to enter a couple of deposits so there was actually more money in … Continue reading →

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An entire book by Dale Sorrell

I’m writing a book on leather inlay and overlay, and I was talking to my husband Dale this morning about the difficulty in conveying some of these concepts and techniques with only words and pictures. He said if he wrote … Continue reading →

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Charming little snake

This is what I do on my day off–I make new friends!

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Flowers

Today I’ve been cutting, skiving, and putting together lots of delicate little leather pieces. Soon this will be a boot top.

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Eagles and flags

I’m working on patriotic themed boots today.

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Leather beading

The leather wrapped cord that finishes an edge is called beading. The emotion I’m feeling now that it’s done is called happiness.

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Traveling in boots

My boots and I are delayed at DFW. It will be nice to be home!

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