Shoe making

Making boots at home is the most wonderful feeling of accomplishment there is. Be inspired to make your own shoes, decorating and dyeing them the way you

A rundown and visual guide to how I made my first pair of leather sandals at home, using tutorials from the I Can Make Shoes book and Skillshare.com

An online course that will help you to start making your barefoot shoes.

Ankle shoes with toggle fastening apparently were in use for about 200 years, from around 850 to 1050 AD. The shoe reconstructed here fastens with a single flap and toggle. The majority of the finds of this type from York are dated to ca. 930 - 975 AD. This turnshoe is made of a one piece upper, stitched to a sole with a triangular heel extension that is typical for this type. The upper is calf, the sole cow leather. It employs a tunnel stitch construction except for the area of the v-shaped…

Here I made sandals with a punched design using just a few tools and veg tan leather. I love traditional leather decorating techniques from India or Africa.

It is truly amazing some of things that you can make out of leather. Here are 60 leather craft ideas that will keep you crafting for a long time.

I am in the end phase of writing an e-book on sandalmaking at home. These photos show one of eight sandal making projects I describe in the book.

From 4equalsides.com/2010/04/12/myom/ Blogged at definingduo.com