10-29-2014, 08:08 AM
Inside the shoe, the outside when your making the shoe, are a few whip stitches that dont go through the full thickness of the leather, however if you use a straight stitch for the strap/decorative edge you can go all the way through as its only there to hold the vamp to the quarter so its easier to attach the sole.
Shaping is a common problem and requires experience in the way leather moves, this can to some extent be short cut by using a last, preferably wood... anything will do, a light wood like poplar, willow or birch is easiest to shape..... you need a wooden last not just for shaping but also to hammer the seams down.
I wouldn't be too concerned about low heels at this stage.... as going from heels to no heels is a big step that takes some getting used to...
Shaping is a common problem and requires experience in the way leather moves, this can to some extent be short cut by using a last, preferably wood... anything will do, a light wood like poplar, willow or birch is easiest to shape..... you need a wooden last not just for shaping but also to hammer the seams down.
I wouldn't be too concerned about low heels at this stage.... as going from heels to no heels is a big step that takes some getting used to...
Ivor
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
"And the four bare walls stand on the seashore. a wreck a skeleton a monument of that instability and vicissitude to which all things human are subject. Not a dwelling within sight, and the farm labourer, and curious traveller, are the only persons that ever visit the scene where once so many thousands were congregated." T.Lewin 1867
