Lisa Sorrell, cowboy boot maker

2020 Cowboy Boot Calendar is completed and will be available to ship next week. Order yours today! https://sorrellnotionsandfindings.com/product/calendar/

I won first place in the Masters Category! This pair of boots is entitled “Wild and Blue.”

This is what’s known as a win/win situation. Mother thinks it’s really cool to get to work on a boot for someone special, and I think I get to take a break while someone else is working.

My apprentice Flora has finished her first pair of cowboy boots!

I’ve been trying to get back into the shop and inseam these boots for a week now. Today I sternly told myself I was not allowed to go home until it was done. I finished one this morning, and starting the second one at 5:15 was an incentive to work quickly!

I had issues (all of the self-inflicted variety) getting these boots on the last, but once I solved those the boots lasted in about 10 minutes. I think they were happy too.

Close-up of an art/just for fun piece I created recently

Strapping a pair of boots after lasting (that leather piece wrapped over the boot) is almost an admission of defeat for me; it means that I wasn’t able to last it quite as well as I wanted and I’m trusting the strap to do the final bit. On the other hand, ostrich leather is usually a pain to last and often requires a strap. The good news is that the boots are standing up straight! With a boot this tall, if they’re at all crooked it shows up in a big way.

If I get to work in the shop tomorrow (no promises) I’ll put these two pairs of boots on the last.

“If Heartaches Had Wings”
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