I designed, drafted, stitched & lasted them. I also built up the lasts to fit my feet ... and my teachers were suprised how accurately I was able to mirror image the sanding - purely by eyeball. Actually they were dead impressed, especially when I got out the tape measure and they were spot on. It helps to be visually dominant.
These are the shoes I'm most proud of. I mostly made sandals as it's almost impossible to buy them for my bricklike feet. I made a couple of disasters (wedge mules that were ugly fugly clumpen disasters and I only recently threw away). Now I wish I'd taken decent photos of my sandals (all 11 of them) when they were shiny & new ...and before they'd had a few years of use.
another pic, just cos
I love these shoes! And that was before it sunk in you made them yourself. Wow!
ReplyDeleteaww thank you. I miss shoemaking, but I simply don't have space for the equipment to do it even half well.
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