Eugene Pik Cowboy Boots Series

YouTube video series by Eugene Pik explaining patterning for a pair of cowboy boots

Part 1

• last taping
  • start from the heel, pull to the toe
  • just taping the outside half of the last
  • uses a sanding block to break the tape at the featherline
  • check the middle point of the toe from the bottom
  • finds the center points on the heel with a ruler to measure the center
  • connect lines for main axis using a strip of tape as a ruler, laying the tape down then tracing along its edge
• flattening
  • removes tape from the heel forward
  • stick down in center of side of heel and nearly at the toe
  • then press down between the points
  • press down spreading out from that line
  • slash cuts along the bottom feather edge
• repeat for the other side of the last
• mean forme
  • match three points
    • heel curves meet in the middle of the back
    • points where heel curves meet featherlines
    • tops of toes meet
  • take
    • largest bottom line
    • average heel curves
    • average lines toe, cone, top plane