One other thing I really like to sew for is little feet. I brought a bag of scrap leather off eBay years ago with shoes in mind. It took me ages to figure out how to sew the leather. I had the leather needle in, but the leather wouldn't feed through properly and kept sticking. Anyway, someone recently suggested that I use my walking foot and now it works fine- happy days!
The red pair have been worn to shreds. I recently had to re-sew the stitching at the front of them. They were originally Grace's, but these days they belong to Maeve. I made the blue shoes recently for Maeve to wear to a family wedding. They matched her pale blue silk dress perfectly. And the ugg boots are some I am currently working on for Grace, constructed out of an old pair of Luke's. The fleece is proving a right pain to sew and I am beginning to wonder if I should just finish them off by hand with a blanket stitch. Any ideas would be most welcome!
7 comments:
How lovely! I have never tried sewing shoes, it seems like a lot of work. You are just too clever!
Hi, thanks for visiting my blog. Your shoes are great and I think the fleece boots look kinda cool as they are - natural. A contrasting blanket stitch would be good too - maybe very hard on your hands though!
How did you find Captain Wentworth?
what do you use on the soles of the shoes? They are lovely so unique. Your girls are very lucky to have such a talented mother.
Naomi - those shoes are just gorgeous.
Thanks everyone! Gil, I just used leather for the soles. I think this scrap leather is actually kangaroo leather. It is very soft. The leather for the soles is slightly thicker. And I will just use sheepskin for the slipper soles.
Have I told you lately how amazing your sewing is? Those shoes are very, very special!
You are very clever! I think I need a pair of those blue shoes in my size! adorable!
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