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How It Started
How It’s Going
Allow me to introduce myself, for those who don’t know me. My name is Lisa Sorrell, and I was raised in a conservative little church where the ladies all wore long hair and long dresses. My mother began teaching me to sew at age twelve and by age fifteen I was sewing professionally. Yes, I made that stylish ensemble I’m wearing in ...
Introducing: “The Seeker”
I made this pair of boots many years ago for a client who continually challenged me to try something new, and I will forever be grateful to him. I firmly believe that you don’t truly understand a concept or a craft if you only know What to do or What to think; it’s when you begin to know Why that you approach mastery. The design deviates fr...
I inseamed two pairs of boots today. The thread I’m using is called a taper; it’s seven cords twisted together that taper down to the thickness of a hair at each end. I wax the thread with a sticky wax called Hand Wax and then twist the tapered ends around a bristle. When the thread is waxed and the bristles are attached, it’s called a Waxed End. The bristle is stiff so I can...
Boot makers and boot companies have all sorts of names for different boot toe shapes, but Jay Griffith called this a Narrow Square Toe so I do also. It’s my very favorite toe shape.