13 April 2007

Scottie Needs a New Pair of Shoes!

I've been remiss in blogging, but not in working on my garb!


Yesterday, I "made" a pair of latchet shoes! Okay, well I actually modified an existing pair of modern shoes into period approximates, but it amounts to the same thing... a new pair of ren shoes for $2.99!!!


I posted a complete "How I Did It" on my guild's website at Pennywise Peasant Projects if you're curious, with links to the people who inspired the project.

Cheers!
Scott

2 comments:

  1. I'm so doing that...

    Did you finish the edges at all, or just chop holes and leave it at that?

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  2. The pair shown were suede so I didn't finish the edges. I suppose with a skivving knife and a patient hand with a glover's needle you could fold it and sew it down with a saddler's stitch... But no need to really.

    I just finished a new pair using a nicer leather to go with my current noble project which I will post soon and that pair I'm doing a bit of sewing and finishing edges so it's taking a little longer...

    More on this soon.

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