Doppleganger – Gabe

This project taught me the importance of order: I didn’t plan out which cuts I would connect at what stage in the process, so the final step (the heel of the boot) was very difficult.

Above are the cuts i made from the boot (minus the heel). I denoted connections between cuts with lines and circles. I had heel cuts from tape but ended up improvising them, as shown below.

I used cardboard in the heel and soul of the boot to strengthen the form; it kept collapsing on itself.  The inside of the heel was tricky; I had already sewed the entire rest of the boot so there was limited space to stitch. In the future, I’ll start with the smallest/most complex parts of the piece first to avoid issues like this .

The final product ended up kind of fun; the fluffy fabric gives the cowboy boot a gogo spin, which are worlds that don’t usually collide.