Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker

On the final day of the artist challenge, the theme is feathers.

Day four of the artist challenge and today the theme is birds.

Day three of the artist challenge. My theme today is flowers.

Day Two of my five day, five picture artist challenge. The theme today is butterflies.

I’ve been nominated to post five pictures of my work for five days. To make it interesting I’ll have a theme or common element for each group of boots.

My students are happy because all of those random, mysterious leather pieces have finally come together and formed something that’s beginning to look like a cowboy boot.

The boots that my students make in my two week boot making class are very plain, with just one row of decorative stitching. This time I’m making a plain pair of boots alongside my students, although I did add the client’s brand because I thought he’d like that.

I have two sisters as students in my boot making class right now. Big Sister is teaching Little Sister what she just learned.

My daughter Paige just finished a new pair of shoes for one of her customers. It’s so fun to work in the shop with her and watch her progress and her successes.

This is a new cowboy boot top design. It’s stitched with my new silk thread, one row at a time, on a single needle sewing machine. I’m rather proud of it!