Another quick update on ye olde shoe:
Hard at work!
Line up that lining!
GO!
You know what, I'm OK with that. It's certainly better then the prototype throat stitch!
Now for the tricky part: Sewing the yellow trim around the throat. I discovered I had to use double the amount of double stick tape as it kept sliding off! I ended up slightly ripping the trim in the process and barely managing to have a good stitch line but you know what? This is what happens when you don't teach a student sewing!
I guess you can't tell in this photograph bu there is a tear in that trim...
It was going good here until the machine jammed and a huge knot occurred in the bobbin...
THE most tricky part was the toe area part of the throat, which I think I managed to accomplish reasonably well (It should be re-did-it 4 times!)
Double stick taping the back seam cover
Et voila! and of course using black thread on white leather is never going to do much for hiding my crappy sewing skills :(. Worst of all, I couldn't unpick it and try again as the needle holes were simply to visible through the thin lambskin.
This is as far as I got in class, I still have to sew the back loop and then all the sewing is done for awhile. Unfortunately, due to lack of proper supervision I sewed the upper to the lining so now I'm going to have a lot of difficulty putting a counter in :(.
Hope you enjoyed this exclamation heavy post (apologies about that its finals week and getting a wee bit stressed). Also just want to point out the improved picture quality, many thanks to the good deal I got on a used Sony DSLR camera for B&H. I'll leave you with this McQueen clip as it sort of describes how I feel about the whole damn thing.
Abhorrently disgusted yet enraptured by the whole process.
Hard at work!
Line up that lining!
GO!
You know what, I'm OK with that. It's certainly better then the prototype throat stitch!
Now for the tricky part: Sewing the yellow trim around the throat. I discovered I had to use double the amount of double stick tape as it kept sliding off! I ended up slightly ripping the trim in the process and barely managing to have a good stitch line but you know what? This is what happens when you don't teach a student sewing!
I guess you can't tell in this photograph bu there is a tear in that trim...
It was going good here until the machine jammed and a huge knot occurred in the bobbin...
THE most tricky part was the toe area part of the throat, which I think I managed to accomplish reasonably well (It should be re-did-it 4 times!)
Double stick taping the back seam cover
Et voila! and of course using black thread on white leather is never going to do much for hiding my crappy sewing skills :(. Worst of all, I couldn't unpick it and try again as the needle holes were simply to visible through the thin lambskin.
This is as far as I got in class, I still have to sew the back loop and then all the sewing is done for awhile. Unfortunately, due to lack of proper supervision I sewed the upper to the lining so now I'm going to have a lot of difficulty putting a counter in :(.
Hope you enjoyed this exclamation heavy post (apologies about that its finals week and getting a wee bit stressed). Also just want to point out the improved picture quality, many thanks to the good deal I got on a used Sony DSLR camera for B&H. I'll leave you with this McQueen clip as it sort of describes how I feel about the whole damn thing.
Abhorrently disgusted yet enraptured by the whole process.
OH and PS: This shoe has to be finished by December 17th...
10 comments:
Love the colour combo - I'm expecting that to show up in your first proper collection!
Thanks Susie! I was inspired by San Francisco's architecture and the Victorian houses http://feigned-perfection.blogspot.com/2010/11/making-my-first-shoe-part-2-design.html . Still have no idea how I'm going to make the heel, and its not even that complicated!
this is amazing. I'm not a big sewing person either so I understand the pain. i know it's gonna look amazing when it's finished.
L.
Thanks Larissa! Means a lot. And welcome!
Seriously, so much hard work, I find it a miracle that any shoes ever get made. Could never be a cobbler. Have that much more respect for them now.
On a related note, do you have some shoe glue lying around that I could borrow? The soles are coming off my Chanel boots and I want to fix them myself!
xx
Tiffany
This is truly art! I have a minor obsession with "making of" things and watching you do your thing is just spectacular. This is going to be an amazing shoe! I just know it!
btw, you've got a new follower in me!
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Haha Thank you for the enthusiasm Mr Gratz! Definitely need it as its my final project for the semester and I'm not really getting the help I need with it. Just imagine that I had better sewing skills and more colours of thread other than black and then hopefully it will be a good shoe :/
Oh and Tiffany I think the glues I have are temporary but I'll check there is a huge pot of petronios shoemaking glue I have which might not be temporary. Send me some photos of the shoe and I'll see if I have the tools to do anything about it.
Susie stole my comment--love love the color combo. Can't wait until it's all finished! Also love those Versace sweaters--they look unreasonably cozy.
The Working Girl - Thanks so much! Those sweaters are insanely cosy. I feel like I'm in a snuggy or something, except its cashmere and its versace!
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