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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
How to make a “sandal-shoe” from the 1970’s
How to make lasts using homemade playdough, sand and Peltex interfacing
Directions for making double-soled moccasins
Brendan’s Leather Book sandal-making chapter
Crafting Handmade Shoes book
Strap sandal directions from How to Make Shoes by Christine Lewis-Clark
Free Medieval Shoemaking Book!
How to make a Renaissance-Faire boot using the duct tape or the pattern method
Patterns and directions for making “first footsteps” toddler shoes
“A Step in the Right Direction” Shoemaking Patterns
Gaza Bowen article from Threads magazine (1985) on how to make high heels.
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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
How to make a “sandal-shoe” from the 1970’s
How to make lasts using homemade playdough, sand and Peltex interfacing
Directions for making double-soled moccasins
Brendan’s Leather Book sandal-making chapter
Crafting Handmade Shoes book
Strap sandal directions from How to Make Shoes by Christine Lewis-Clark
Free Medieval Shoemaking Book!
How to make a Renaissance-Faire boot using the duct tape or the pattern method
Patterns and directions for making “first footsteps” toddler shoes
“A Step in the Right Direction” Shoemaking Patterns
Gaza Bowen article from Threads magazine (1985) on how to make high heels.
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