So far so good. I've already stitched the tops and crimped the vamps. Tex and I made a daring move and went with a contrasting thread color...that yellow shows up really well on that dark brown...don't try this at home. Well, I did okay on that one row of stitching twirling around the front. It's lining up 2 rows of stitchin' right next to each other at the top, up at the beading, that I have some trouble with.