Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker

I hand stitched the welt on today, and prepared the soles. The soles will sit in the water overnight and be ready tomorrow.

I got these boots on the last today.

These boots belong to my current student. He learned to last and wipe in the heel today.

One boot has been turned and one is still waiting to have the pulls stitched down.

Here I’m getting ready to create the horse head vamp tongue. A regular boot vamp isn’t wide enough for the horses shoulders or tall enough for the horse’s ear. I figured this out the hard way and had to crimp another set of vamps, then wait an extra day for them to dry.

The horse head tongue has been created with inlay and overlay but not stitched. That’s why the horse heads look fat and completely without personality.

And now they have personality! I love the coquettish expression on their faces.

The back of the boots feature a horse’s rump. I think every politician should have a pair of boots with this theme.
Ha. I crack myself up.

Black and white cowboy boots with cartoon horses on the boot tops? I can do that.

Paige is hard at work on her next pair of shoes.

Here’s a link to my Monday video.

It’s a Boot Life

This is a fantastic article about the necessity of being both an artist AND a business person. Plus, it’s written by my daughter Morgan.

Parachutes, Parents, and Pants

This makes me chortle.

I’ve never gotten to inlay an eyeball before.