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Time to talk about my newest Fashion-related
Passion: SHOES!
No, not shopping for shoes, or wearing shoes -- MAKING SHOES!
I took a one-day workshop with
Chris Francis at the
Craft and Folk Art Museum in July.
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| Chris explaining our first steps |
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| My sketch and fabrics. |
We were issued bases and a footbed for a platform shoe and began by covering them with fabric
After that, it was time to tackle the straps
And that's when I fell down the shoe rabbit-hole -- I decided that I had to have red binding edging my straps.
Maybe it was the tub of contact cement talking.
It took a long time sewing it all together and this is how far I got with my shoes:
I discovered that my platform bases were not the correct size about 30 minutes before the workshop ended, which was disheartening. I didn't even get started on the ankle straps and now can't remember what I had in mind. I also don't wear shoes like this -- why spend all this time and effort on something that I won't wear?.
All the pieces have been sitting in the bag that I brought them home in.
I have not given up, however!
For days after the workshop, I started having vivid dreams about making shoes.
I looked at my bag of "culled from the closet and stuck in the garage shoes" with fresh eyes -- I had a bag full of parts to Frankenstein into new and better footwear!
I signed up for the
Shoe Design class at Otis, and yesterday was the first day.
I feel this will go well.
Wearing anything Amber? Have a Passion for something or someone?
Link and tell!
