2014

  My granddaughter’s series of lines, circles and dots fascinates me, so instead of adding some decor to another pair of shoes for her myself, I handed her a pile of sharpies and the pieces for her size 5 1/2 shoes, rolled up her sleeves, and let her loose! She was in a somewhat minimalist …

  I am so enamored with the Ecopell™ Leather that I use in making First Footsteps shoemaking kits. It is the softest, most luscious leather I have ever touched. Plus, it’s tanned with all vegetable-tanned, non-toxic material – that’s a win for the child that wears it, and a win for our planet! The shoes …

http://www.theecologist.org/green_green_living/clothing/269829/the_ecoshoes_with_soles_of_coconut.html The above is a url for an article about an ecological shoe company, po-zu. I was gratified to read that the company uses natural rubber for soling and stitches the soles on, as I do. My dream is that many of you will start your own “eco-shoe” company, maybe locally where you are, which …

Hi Lisa, (creator of the boots above) I’m so happy that a post on the facebook page of “leather for the love of it” mentioned that you are carrying Aquilim 315, a contact cement substitute. I recently ordered a small jar of aqualim 315 from a European supplier a few months ago and do love it, …

I made this NOMOC a few days ago, so I haven’t waited very long to tell you about it! I have been working on the design for a “First Footsteps” toddler’s shoemaking kit with the hope that the technique might work for adult shoes as well – so I finally had the spaciousness in my …

I don’t know the origin of this photocopied book or its title, but it might be of interest to those of you who have seen people having their feet and legs duct-taped at Renaissance Faires and have wondered about the process for transforming the tape into patterns for boots – and then the process for …

Hi Sharon, I have not made any shoes in a while but finally I had some time and made a pair of bellows tongue shoes. They are so comfortable! And the best part is that I used fabric for the top so if I change my mind and want a different look or the fabric …