Tag Archives: bespoke

I am now weak as a newborn kitten and exhausted, but the boots are on the last. If you ever want a good fight, try lasting a pair of ostrich boots that decide they don’t wish to be lasted.

I am genuinely so proud of myself right now. I ran into a small issue as I was putting these together. Instead of barreling ahead and hoping for the best because I had a deadline, I stopped before it was … Continue reading →

It’s an unsatisfactory place to stop, but I’ve done the difficult part (sewing in the hard counter) and now I must go enter orders and pack boxes.

It took me far too long to understand that if I wanted laying soles to be easy, without the threat of ugly gaps or places that wouldn’t stick, I needed to neatly prepare the boots leading up to that stage.

I put these together completely in my head last night before I went to sleep, and in a historic first, I did not sew anything out of order this time. Please ignore the messy bench (I obviously am) and the … Continue reading →

The cowboy boot top on the bottom has been completely stitched; the top one is only partially stitched. Please notice the importance of stitching for leather inlay and overlay. All of the tiny details and any hint of movement or … Continue reading →

The big gold dot turned into a planet.

I put these beauties on the lasts yesterday.

Because you can’t blend or fade one color into another with leather inlay/overlay, I decided to attempt a color fade with stitching. The sun is orange and the band next to it is yellow, so I’ve covered the yellow with … Continue reading →

Wingtips and countertips for a future project. Wish me luck–so far I have successfully avoided doing a boot with a White or Bone foot.