Introduction
Tools and Supplies
Sewing Notes
Safety Notes
Material Selection
Getting the Pattern
From Duct Tape
to Cardboard
Pattern Adjustments
Cutting out the Pieces
Preparing the Sole
Starting Construction
Assembling The Back
Applying The Lacing Blocks
Making Buttons
Attaching the back to
the front
Cementing the Upper
to the Sole
Sewing the Upper
to the Sole
Attaching the Rubber Sole
Sewing on the Buttons
Lacing Up
Glossary
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Walk around a renaissance
festival sometime, somewhere, and notice the feet of
the people around you. The costume can be lavish, expensive, beautiful as
you work your way from the person's face down their clothing to the ground.
If the costume is going to be deficient in some area, it's going to be in the footwear
department almost every time, and that's too bad. Many of my colleagues
agree with me: there are two ways to spot a costumed patron (called in some
places 'participatrons'; in others, 'playtrons'):
- Eyeglasses
- his/er choice of shoes
I'm not talking about the patrons who throw on a felt Robin Hood Hat© and a
cape over their Jeans and NIN t-shirt, or the ones who define medieval by wearing
a hooded cloak in August. I'm talking about patrons who really put some money and
research into their upperbody clothing and then wear 'china doll' shoes. Or worse,
bedroom slippers!
Of course, let me tell you what's going to happen. Somebody's going to show up
with a picture of me from my first year wearing china doll shoes. I admit (painfully)
that I did that. It should be noted however that it took me all of two weekends to
get rid of them (a broken toe helped the decision - that's the painful part).
So, there's this page. This is going to be one of the few How-To pages
featured here: I'm going to break down the process of building boots/shoes step
by step, so you can follow the pages as you work. I would recommend that you
read them through at least once before you begin work.
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