I just received leather I had ordered, and it came in a nice cardboard tube. Thinking I could use it to make something for my granddaughter to play with, I went on pinterest looking for “play” “cardboard” “tube” and this sandal appeared! The url for it is: http://indiefashionandbeauty.blogspot.com/2009/04/recycled-diy-tire-sandles.html Now the world of possibilities opens …
Sandals made from inner tubes
When I saw this sandal recently on the web, it looked so much like it was made of bicycle inner tubes that I decided to make one out of bicycle inner tubes! And I did, and I think it looks great! Being that the temperature is 10 degrees here I haven’t tried wearing a …
Pinch-top coin purse
Since I have white leather scraps, I thought I’d continue giving my granddaughter the opportunity to express her inner artist, by making her permanent marker squiggles on a little pinch-top coin purse that I could carry around. If you’d like to make one, you can purchase the spring-tops from Springfield Leather for $.99. Here’s half …
Little boots that got a lot of wear!
NOTE THAT I RECEIVED – Hi SHARON, I’m wondering if you have used inner tube from truck tires as a sole material? Included is a super cute boot I bought in Mongolia for my then 2 year old son who wore them all the time winter and summer. Thinking of making a pattern when I …
My honey bunny, a budding shoe designer
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 …
Machine-stitch on Ecopell
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 …
Miyoko made these for her daughter
I’ve had this photo for a while, it was sent to me by a mother who made these sandals for her daughter entirely without patterns and instructions – it shows that once a person understands that she or he can make shoes and sandals, the creative possibilities are endless..
Ecoshoes and bad news about non-ecoshoes
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 …
My order for products from lisa sorrell @ http://www.customboots.net/
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, …
Preview of the NOMOC and LOMOC
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 …