These lovely purple batik shoes were made in response to a request for “something sober enough that I can wear to work”. Hopefully they’re dark enough to be sensible, but pretty enough to be interesting.
Category Archive for 'shoes'
Black Rose Shoes
Posted in shoes on Jun 24th, 2011
Lucy requested a pair of shoes in the same black rose fabric as my original test pair. I was happy to oblige!
Colourful Flowery Shoes
Posted in shoes on Jun 23rd, 2011
Ooh, look, more shoes! Serena sent me this fabric from her stash. Aren’t the bright colours fabulous? This pair were slightly too small to fit onto my lasts, which means that you can see a bit more of the construction. All of the shoes so far have eight eyelets around the back of the heel. [...]
Skulls & Roses Shoes
Posted in shoes on Jun 22nd, 2011
This is the next pair of shoes – a pretty gothy pair with skulls and roses. I’ve actually made two pairs of these, and I’m extraordinarily tempted to make a third pair for myself I don’t want to make eleven identical posts about the prototype shoes, so I’m hoping that the fabulous variety of fabrics [...]
Spiderweb shoes
Posted in shoes on Jun 20th, 2011
These are the first pair of shoes to emerge from my Shed – and aren’t they pretty? My friend Chris (who teaches quilting and makes quilts to commission) provided the fabric, which is covered with sparkly copper spiderwebs on a purple and green background. The shoes are lined with purple organic cotton, and I thought [...]
This is what a shoemaker looks like. Well-ventilated, but slightly fuzzy around the edges. The glue I’m using to stick the soles onto my prototype shoes is absolutely revolting. It’s a very strong solvent-based glue, and the warnings that come with it are a bit frightening. There’s no denying that it’s good at its job, [...]
Cork Midsoles
Posted in shoes on Jun 13th, 2011
These are some of the cork midsoles for the prototype shoes – and those are the three pairs of scissors that have hurt my wrist, hurt my thumb and given me a blister while I’ve been cutting them out. Ouch! I’ve discovered that scissors are easier (for me) than a knife, for making a nice [...]
I realise that you can’t see the spotted lace in this picture – you’ll just have to trust me that it’s there! (It’s the same as the lace on the Regency-ish dress.) This is my very first pair of completely handmade shoes that are suitable for wearing outside. They have 4mm thick ridged rubber soles, [...]
Hello Goodbye (Hello again!)
Posted in shoes on Apr 30th, 2011
Hello Internet Lovelies, you might have noticed that I disappeared for a little while there, without so much as a warning. At the end of March my contract at work came to an end, so everything was pretty hectic as you can probably imagine. And then at the beginning of April I went off to [...]
Today I have been mostly making my own shoes. They’re not quite finished yet – they’re waiting for the welts to be trimmed (I need good light and a sharp knife) and a rubber layer to be glued onto the cork soles. But as soon as that’s done, I’ll have a pair of wearable outdoor shoes! [...]