They didn’t stock this for use as soling, of course, but the grey hall runner (sku – 195-339) found on a big roll in the carpet department) Multy Home Gray 2 ft. 2 in. x Your Choice Length Track Runner looks like a good material to use as children’s shoe soling. At $2.27/26″ x 12″, …
Beautiful felted llama-wool boots
How could boots be more beautiful?! Marlice van Zandt made these by felting her own llama fleece, following directions in the video workshop (http://www.northeastfiberarts.com/feltbootworkshop.php) offered by Jennifer Hoag of Northeast Fiberarts. They were made by the resist method, meaning that a piece of plastic is inserted between two boot-shaped piles of wool batting; once this is …
new page: TUTORIAL: How to Make the Side-Seam Moccasin-Boot
After seeing “Stephanie’s side-seam moccasin” project in Martha Stewart Living magazine, I decided to make it using different materials and stitching. I changed it further by stitching a piece of material along the top edge of the moccasin, transforming it into a boot! The boot can be found in the Craft Manual of North American …
“Scarpits”
“Scarpits” was the name of the house shoes that my Italian “nona” (grandmother) made for all the family and required everyone to wear when visiting her home. I dedicated Crafting Handmade Shoes to her, and described our relationship in the following Introduction to this book.
Footwear Design by Aki Choklat
This is the book to purchase if you love to design footwear – or for someone you love who loves to design footwear. It’s the workbook used when the author teaches Footwear Design at FIT in New York, the London College of Fashion, and Pollimoda in Florence, Italy. But you can purchase it online – …
Latest felt boot
Beki made these lovely boots from felt in a class with Carin Engen at Oregon Flock & Fiber Festival this past fall.
ladybugs and leaves – baby shoes
Here are a couple of pairs of shoes that my daughter recently made for friends who have also recently had babies. The pattern is in How to Make Simple Shoes for Children, in the smallest size, which is for a 3 1/2″ long foot. Since these leathers were so soft, she made them with the …
Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald
I am elated with my discovery today – I was thumbing through my precious copy of Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald thinking, “wouldn’t it be wonderful if this book were available to everyone.” I ordered mine from the National Museum of Denmark about twenty years ago and pick it up often to marvel at the brilliance …
Shoemaker’s Wife
At an arts (and garlic) festival this fall, a woman stopped to ask me if I’d read The Shoemaker’s Wife. No I hadn’t, but I wrote down the title. Then she elaborated, telling me that she is Italian and that she especially loved the book because in it the author used the immigration story of …
Felt slippers
http://www.marthastewart.com/864540/stephanies-sewn-felt-slippers – is the url for a great slipper pattern based on a Native American moccasin, published in Martha Stewart’s Living magazine recently. It has a lot of versatility, as shown in the photo. http://vimeo.com/32458552 – is the url for a video of Stephanie herself showing you how to make these slippers; I think my …