Category Archives: Cowboy Boots

Cowboy boots

I’m always happy when this part is done

Posted on April 8, 2023 by customboots

Soles stitched on the vegetable shoes, but the leather is still too wet to peg them. If you try pegging the soles when the leather is too wet, it’s grippy and hard to drive in the pegs. 

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Progress

Posted on April 7, 2023 by customboots

The vegetable shoes have been inseamed and I’m getting ready to lay the soles. 

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Multi-row stitching

Posted on April 3, 2023 by customboots

Boot tops with five rows of stitching and a French calf top band

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Cowboy Boot Raffle!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by customboots

The raffle for a pair of Satan Is Real/Louvin Brothers cowboy boots made by me and benefitting the International Bluegrass Music Association Foundation, is now live! Enter to win the boots, and please share! https://go.rallyup.com/stringsfordreams/Campaign/Details

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Full serving

Posted on March 29, 2023 by customboots

The vegetable shoes are on the last now!

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Vintage inspo

Posted on March 28, 2023 by customboots

I started a pair of boots today that will only have stitching on the tops. I consulted one of Jay Griffith’s old catalogs for design inspiration and found this one! I don’t remember ever seeing it before and I’m excited … Continue reading →

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Drawing

Posted on March 24, 2023 by customboots

Facing a blank piece of paper gives me anxiety because I don’t know if I’ll be able to fill it with a design, but picking up a pencil and watching a design flow out soothes my heart. I don’t think … Continue reading →

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Theme

Posted on March 17, 2023 by customboots

I finally got around to decorating my shop today, mostly because I need the shelf these albums and frames have been sitting on. Astute viewers will notice a theme. The art piece on the bottom left was a thoughtful gift … Continue reading →

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Stolen moments

Posted on March 15, 2023 by customboots

I spent all day on the computer and I was supposed to be somewhere by 6pm, but instead I treated myself to an entire half hour of getting to work in my studio. 

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Ira and Charlie

Posted on March 2, 2023 by customboots

I always hate their faces when I’m through because I just can’t make them perfect at this size and in this medium. To be fair though, Ira did often have a slightly demented expression in real life. 

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