Category Archives: Cowboy Boots

Eleni, a shoe maker from Greece and England, will be in my shop for two weeks. I’m helping her make a pair of cowboy boots and she’s telling me lots of things I don’t know about patterning shoes.

One set of boot tops completed

I still have to stitch inside the flowers with turquoise thread, but I’m not going to do that until I’m through with all of the green stitching. Start in one spot and come back to that place without stopping or … Continue reading →

Look what just arrived in the mail. A customer sent me this pair of boots (from 2005) for the Boot Scootin’ History exhibition at the Bristol Birthplace of Country Music Museum.

It took me a whole lot of skiving to get to this point, and evidently the little elves in my shop party all night instead of sweeping my floors.

New pair of boot tops started

Vocabulary needed for the following discussion…Vamp: the foot part of a boot or shoeCrimp/crimping: stretching the leather vamp over a board so it becomes a three-dimensional shapeCrimp Break: mechanical device that forces leather into a curve before it’s put on … Continue reading →

I’d forgotten about this pair of boots until I was going through some old photos the other day and found them. There’s a disagreement among boot makers — well, actually there are several, but one is whether you should begin … Continue reading →

Introducing: “I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me” Jay had two variations of this design. I love them both and have used them for years, always giving him credit. This time the design changed a little to be more … Continue reading →

I finished a pair of boots today and they’re hanging in my shop window on the boot trees.