Tag Archives: bespoke

I got one of these boots on the last and paused to show it to Flora so she could admire how precisely the design details were in the correct place. She looked at it, and without missing a beat said, … Continue reading →

I think I’ve posted this pair once already, at this very same stage, but I wasn’t happy with the way they sat on the last the first time. I left them sitting for a while to make sure and they … Continue reading →

I spent almost all day on the computer and didn’t get back to my workbench until 4pm. At that point it’s easy to give up but I persevered, and cut and skived all the sunflowers.

Finally jumping back onto this sweet little pair of shoes

This is what I’ve been working on. The customer needed a zipper and I decided to give my new shoe making patterning skills a workout. The first attempt I told myself that it was out of my skill set, I … Continue reading →

Introducing: “Sally In The Garden”

I pulled the last (always a relief to know it’s out with no problems!) and rough-shaped the heels on the vegetable shoes. The customer will have three choices for shoelaces; which one do you think he’ll choose?

I got this pair side seamed yesterday. There are lots of design details to line up at the seams on these!

I side seamed this pair of boots today and I’m pleased with how they’re coming together. 

Soles stitched on the vegetable shoes, but the leather is still too wet to peg them. If you try pegging the soles when the leather is too wet, it’s grippy and hard to drive in the pegs.