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Satan is real

Posted on April 30, 2024 by customboots

The Satan Is Real/Louvin Brothers boots are side-seamed and turned right-side-out. They’ll begin looking like boots soon!

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Afternoons with satan

Posted on April 25, 2024 by customboots

I’m making progress on the “Satan Is Real” boots. The next step is sewing the side seams and then adding the boot pulls.

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Raffle is live!

Posted on February 1, 2024 by customboots

Hey everyone! The lady who won this raffle the first time generously donated the boots back to the IBMA Foundation so they could be raffled again. You get one more opportunity for a chance to win a pair of Satan … Continue reading →

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Stopping now before I ruin something

Posted on January 25, 2024 by customboots

Do you ever have one of those days when you feel like you’re under water all day and everything is hard? That was today for me. I pressed through to get one of these side seamed and then decided I’d … Continue reading →

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New shoes

Posted on November 13, 2023 by customboots

Introducing: “Satan Is Real”* *Named after an iconic gospel album from 1959 by the Louvin Brothers, these shoes represent my love for the music of the Louvin Brothers and are not intended to glorify satan. Please listen to the song … Continue reading →

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Progress

Posted on October 24, 2023 by customboots

I inseamed the “Satan Is Real” shoes yesterday. Inseaming is hand sewing the shoe or boot to the insole while incorporating the welt, which is the narrow strip of leather where the stitches holding the sole are placed.

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Inseaming

Posted on October 23, 2023 by customboots

It’s inseaming day in the boot shop for the “Satan Is Real” shoes.

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Charlie Louvin

Posted on September 14, 2023 by customboots

Charlie Louvin played in Edmond, Oklahoma in August of 2000, and I was on the front row. I remember I finished these boots for myself the day of the concert and proudly wore them to the show. I was so … Continue reading →

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Cowboy Boot Raffle!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by customboots

The raffle for a pair of Satan Is Real/Louvin Brothers cowboy boots made by me and benefitting the International Bluegrass Music Association Foundation, is now live! Enter to win the boots, and please share! https://go.rallyup.com/stringsfordreams/Campaign/Details

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Theme

Posted on March 17, 2023 by customboots

I finally got around to decorating my shop today, mostly because I need the shelf these albums and frames have been sitting on. Astute viewers will notice a theme. The art piece on the bottom left was a thoughtful gift … Continue reading →

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