Quick and easy new shoes! I made these by incorporating a technique for making christmas ornaments that my friend Etsuko in Japan taught me. She is a quilter and to make the ornaments you start with a foam ball and draw your design on it. You then cut the line out with an exacto and take a piece of fabric that is about the same size and with glue on it, squeeze it into the cut line. In the end you have a kind of quilted looking ball. So for these shoes, I cut a line with an exacto knife into the (fake woodgrain) foam and the sqeezed the leather (with glue on it) into the incision. So easy! I'm hoping to make a pair of running shoes using the same technique.
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you are amazing! i love them!
ReplyDeleteNatalie - I love these. Where did you find the foam for the soles?
ReplyDeleteI have always wanted to make shoes - have made most every other fiber thing I've needed, but not to the extent you have. Your journey is inspiring!
i think you've solved the shoe problem in a wonderful manner !
ReplyDeletethey are so cool!! you rock a la dutch twist
ReplyDeletevery cool - i hope i can find a way to share this page and your work on FB! from Joberg South Africa and San Diego California
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