easily distracted by shiny things…
Posted in inspiration, nature on May 1st, 2012
Yay, my shiny new Conker shoes have arrived! They were delivered on Friday, while I was out at work. Paul very kindly went to pick them up from the sorting office for me while I was out at work on Saturday. He was somewhat startled to find that the postman knew me, and was not [...]
Posted in shopping on Mar 27th, 2012
The Great Spring Cleaning of 2012 has begun. Actually, it began a few weeks ago when I wore one my my beloved pairs of Jeffery~West shoes and they gave me a blister. Again. At that point I finally had to concede that I’m not a size 40, no matter how thick my socks are, and [...]
Ta-daa! This pair isn’t wearable outside, mostly because I made an error in the construction (I am clumsy, and accidentally snipped a little hole in the outer fabric), so I sewed felt slipper-soles onto the bottom. Annoyingly, this took longer than it would have done to glue the rubber soles on, but it meant that [...]
I made another little boot prototype, sort of idly based on the construction of Converse, but developed from my existing shoe pattern. The black stitching lines are the seam allowances, so they’ll be a little more cut-away than they appear. I need to make the curves more shallow, as they’ve come out a bit right-angled [...]
Posted in inspiration, shoes, shopping on Sep 15th, 2011
Happy Birthday to me! And what a perfect chilly-but-sunny day for frolicking in the grass wearing my new shoes. Aren’t they gorgeous? These are Queenie shoes from Fairysteps, in pink dragon leather to match my beloved handbag. I may have put them on before I got out of bed this morning, to the accompaniment of [...]
Posted in shoes on Aug 21st, 2011
I’ve been thinking about making boots for a little while. I finally decided to stop thinking, start sewing, and see what happened. Some minor tweaks are needed (the uppers don’t fit properly to the insoles for a start), but here is the beginning of some little boots. I have plans for more of a pull-on [...]
I might have splashed out a little bit on some new sandals for the summer. These are Think! Schlapfa Clogs, bought from Shoon. They were in the sale… and then you could buy a second pair of sale shoes for half price, so I thought I might as well have both colours! I’ve actually been looking [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 5th, 2011
Here they are, the final pair of prototype shoes. Made in earth-toned colours, as requested, this is a very heavily interfaced crepe-de-chine. The lining’s a gorgeous bright orange, and the copper coloured ribbons are a perfect match. I’ve started getting some feedback from my shoe testers, which has thankfully been pretty consistent. It looks as [...]
Posted in shoes on Aug 4th, 2011
I think this might be my favourite pair of the prototype shoes. Plain black toes, big red ribbons… but who’s that hiding inside…? Ooh, it’s Dennis the Menace! And to complete the effect, red and black stripes around the heel. Hopefully these are smart enough to wear for work (perhaps with black ribbons rather than [...]
Posted in shoes on Aug 3rd, 2011
Laura requested that her shoes be a plain, dark colour, such as purple or red. This picture doesn’t really show the depth of colour in this lovely purple organic cotton. I used the same fabric inside and out, and was lucky enough to find a ribbon that matched almost exactly.