http://nadudvariszakiskola.hu/
I found this site while chasing down the source of these beautiful felt and leather shoes on Pinterest. I believe the school is in Hungary that offers workshops in which these were made – wouldn’t it be wonderful if there were more of these schools everywhere! Preserving tradition http://nadudvariszakiskola.hu/english The Folk Craft School was established […]
stitching machine even less costly!
I had written a post about the availability of the Chinese leather patcher stitching machine from a company in Canada – now I hear of a company in Idaho that is offering the machine for only $189.00! It’s a hand-cranked machine, I’ve been told that it is used by Chinese shoe-repair-people who carry it on […]
If you’d like to fasten a shoe strap with “rivet buttons”…
If you’d like to fasten a strap with a “rivet button”, as shown here, as is seen on a lot of pairs of Cydwoq shoes, you can order “replacement pairs” for $5.00 from Cydwoq, look for Rivet Attachment Metal Button. If you are making the shoes yourself, you can be sure you have made the […]
Ruth Emily Davey makes shoes in Wales
I scored on Pinterest! I saw a pin that led me to Ruth Emily Davey’s workshop in Wales. She had the extreme good fortune to apprentice with a gifted shoemaker for a number of years..It looks like all her shoes are stitchdowns! Yay! Easier to make, so lovely. Enjoy. https://www.ruthemilydavey.co.uk/
Romanian pouch video
STOP THE PRESSES! and thank you Pinterest for all the boards with leather creations! This was to be a post about the Romanian pouch, but I happened upon a “stitchless leather handle wrap” on Instructables that uses the same process as was used to make the pouch – I’ve got the feeling that this way […]
Leather strips instead of thread
Hm, I have a pair of paper Japanese slippers that were handed out to visitors to the Morikami House in DelRay Beach FL (don’t miss it if you’re anywhere in the area)..I am planning a tutorial on how to make them, but maybe I could incorporate this weaving technique for attaching the upper to the […]
Sandals from fungus workshop
Notice the little logo on the sandal strap?! I just received an alphabet set from www.etsy/shop/CustomMadeStuff (I decided it will be my birthday present) that will allow me to add personalized names to a logo tag I will be including with the purchase of a simpleshoemaking kit. Pinterest led me to Fungus Workshop in Hong […]
Beautiful crocheted soles for your espadrilles
https://www.etsy.com/listing/115658513/any-size-tailored-cord-soles-sole?ref=listing-shop-header-3 Ingunn Santini is a crocheted pattern-maker extraordinaire, and the pattern she uses for making a rope sole with a crocheted edge is amazing and would work well with uppers made from fabric. I will be posting my espadrille upper pattern for sale soon. So if you are a sewer and a crocheter, you can […]
New Video: How to make simple shoes using your feet as lasts
This video is my “magnum opus” – forgive me if the use of that term sounds like I’m elevating myself to the stature of Picasso or Chopin – it’s just the “greatest work” that I am capable of! It pulls together shoemaking techniques that I have been developing over years into a form that […]
A real treat for you! – photos from the Bata Museum
https://plus.google.com/photos/110484406384467784439 Go to this site to see 173 photos that Eugene Pik took in the storage area of the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, Canada (plus a little extra of his bootmaking process.) Enjoy – do you see any that have features you’d like to integrate into a shoe that you make?!