Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker

Paige is making herself a new pair of shoes. Here she’s cutting the lining for her shoes.

The back panels for my next pair of boots are stitched and the design is marked onto the front panels. I’ll save those for another day. Straight lines are more difficult than curved lines.

This is my wall of copyrights for my cowboy boot playing cards and boot designs. The process of getting a copyright is surprisingly easy and inexpensive.

http://www.copyright.gov

For Christmas a couple of years ago my husband Dale built me last shelves and this year he gave me two more. My daughter Morgan spent yesterday afternoon moving and arranging the smaller sizes on the two new last shelves. There are still four last shelves and a whole lot more lasts in the back room waiting to be moved to the front room of my shop.

I cut out all the leather pieces for this boot top. It’s going to be pretty!

I’m starting three new boots. Soon I’ll share leather and color choices.

Two pairs of boots are on the last! I’m only one week later finishing them than I wanted to be; I think I’ll celebrate anyway. Hurray me!

I squealed like a girl when these came in the mail today. (Oh wait, I am a girl!) Aren’t they beautiful? These are all beautiful vintage lasts and some of them have never been used. I can’t wait to make boots on them!

Paige, my 16 year old shoemaking daughter, just finished a pair of alligator ballet flats. They’re going to a museum exhibit.