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FOR FUN OR PROFIT, LEARN HOW TO MAKE ECOLOGICAL SIMPLE SHOES AND SANDALS
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Tutorial: how to make side-seam moccashoes for women
How to make sweet little shoes with ankle straps
How to make warm boots for little cold feet
How to Make a Felted Side-Seam Moccasin-Boot
Sandals from The Do-It-Yourself Shoe Book
How to make a Roman and a Roman Mary Jane sandal
Making straps and attaching buckles
Leather scraps into bracelets
Videos
Introduction to Simple Shoe Making
How to make a nofomoc simple shoe
How to make the derby shoe
How to make sandals part one
How to make sandals part two
How to Make Soles with an Edge!
Introduction to Three Styles of Boots from How to Make Simple Shoes for Women
How to do the two-needle running stitch – also known as the simultaneous running stitch
How to Make the Chukka Moccasin
Resources
Directions for making double-soled moccasins
Strap sandal directions from How to Make Shoes by Christine Lewis-Clark
Two methods for making Renaissance Faire boots
How to make lasts from playdough and peltex
Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald – free!
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About
Workshops
Shop
Tutorials
Tutorial: how to make side-seam moccashoes for women
How to make sweet little shoes with ankle straps
How to make warm boots for little cold feet
How to Make a Felted Side-Seam Moccasin-Boot
Sandals from The Do-It-Yourself Shoe Book
How to make a Roman and a Roman Mary Jane sandal
Making straps and attaching buckles
Leather scraps into bracelets
Videos
Introduction to Simple Shoe Making
How to make a nofomoc simple shoe
How to make the derby shoe
How to make sandals part one
How to make sandals part two
How to Make Soles with an Edge!
Introduction to Three Styles of Boots from How to Make Simple Shoes for Women
How to do the two-needle running stitch – also known as the simultaneous running stitch
How to Make the Chukka Moccasin
Resources
Directions for making double-soled moccasins
Strap sandal directions from How to Make Shoes by Christine Lewis-Clark
Two methods for making Renaissance Faire boots
How to make lasts from playdough and peltex
Primitive Shoes by Margrethe Hald – free!
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Simple Shoemaking
FOR FUN OR PROFIT, LEARN HOW TO MAKE ECOLOGICAL SIMPLE SHOES AND SANDALS
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