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New sandals for me
This was fun, but I sure need a whole lot more practice to be satisfied with the end results.
It’s a Boot Life
“It’s a Boot Life” continues with Part Three of speed boot making. You know making a cowboy boot is complex when even speeded up to 10x and only showing footage from working on one boot, it’s still going to take two more episodes.
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Logo
I keep simplifying my stitched logo.
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Vamps and wingtips
Vamp: the foot part of a boot or shoe
Wingtip: a separate piece of leather over the toe, often decorative
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Ostrich leg
Ostrich leg vamps and counter covers
Ostrich leg isn’t wide enough for a full vamp so they have to be pieced. You’d have to find an ostrich with cankles to make a full vamp.
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Dogs!
Progress is being made on the puppy boots! The dog carvings in the boot tops were done by the talented Kathy Flanagan of Black Mountain Leather.
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