Tag Archives: bespoke

Dale and I took the girls to the Great Works, Small Wonders event at the National Cowboy Museum on Friday night. One of my clients was there wearing her boots!

My Mondays are usually fully occupied with phone calls, emails, errands, and everything but boot making. However, I did manage to get these one step closer to being finished. I’m getting ready to put them on the trees where they’ll … Continue reading →

I nailed the rubber heels caps on this morning and the glue that I put on yesterday was still tacky. I can’t think of any good reason to leave things overnight before putting them together but it’s nice to know … Continue reading →

These boots are almost finished!

The next step on these is putting on the rubber heel cap. I’m doing an experiment with the Aquilim 315 contact cement. I know it stays “sticky” longer than regular contact cement but I don’t know how much longer. I’ve … Continue reading →

On Thursday, November 14, I’ll be in Dallas, Texas for a book signing party at PDNB Gallery. I’m one of the featured artists in the book “Portraits of the American Craftsman.” There will be four prints available that night for … Continue reading →

I haven’t posted pictures of these boots for a while but I have been working on them. The soles are on and I’m building the heels now. I am so proud to say that these are the first two pairs … Continue reading →

I’m not usually sad when I’m finally through stitching a boot top, especially not on a Sunday afternoon when I didn’t want to work anyway. But this design was really fun!