Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes
I don't think you have to learn cobbling to design a shoe. Try searching Custom Shoes on the internet. There are a number of places that let you design your own shoe and they make it. While none of them specifically say you can provide the fabric, I would think that they might be open to that. http://ninashoes.com/design-your-own-shoesparentID=245 _http://www.shoesofprey.com/_ (http://www.shoesofprey.com/) _http://www.milkandhoneyshoes.com/_ (http://www.milkandhoneyshoes.com/) Devon In a message dated 3/2/2012 9:48:01 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, clayblackw...@comcast.net writes:http://www.milkandhoneyshoes.com/ I also spotted a course offered in Cincinnatti, Ohio (USA). Clay Sent from my iPad On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not exactly cheap!. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Just a few weeks ago, I decided to clean out the top shelf in a closet. Everything had been put there when I moved into this (then new) house 16 years ago. Surprise! My old pair of white lace shoes. Surprise! Badly browned by acid burn damage from the shoe box. Flay this known lace conservator who has committed the ultimate crime against lace! The shoes are now the color of DMC floss #3047 (beige), not white. Incidentally, these shoes appeared in the 1991 IOLI lace convention exhibition hosted by the Lost Art Lacers of North Jersey. There were two floor length lace gowns in the exhibit room, and I placed a shoe to peep out from under the hem of each. Description: 1958, soft point shoe of white lace over white satin, with narrow bands of satin trimming that twisted over the front of the foot and around the heel, held with a small buckle. Slender satin 4 inch high heel, 1/2 inch diameter at the floor. Many wore these spike heeled shoes at that time. I have very comfortable feet some 50 years later - I can buy the lowest-priced shoes on the market and not feel discomfort. It seems that the long-term effects of exaggerated shoes varies from foot-to-foot. Of course, I do not wear 4 inch heels now. More like 2 inches these days. The old lace shoes? They have been wrapped in acid-free tissue and placed in an acid-free box for future storage. Care must be taken that they will not affect any other items in the same storage box, so they are with like-items. The box is a smallish one. -- If I wanted to make lace for shoes similar to mine, I might try this untested method: Buy satin-covered shoes (they are widely available for formal occasions, and can be dyed). I would find a shoe expert for the final finishing - one with a clean work habit. Ask the shoe expert if it is possible to peel back the soles to glue the lace allowance under (no glue on upper -- it can stain over time). Then, re-attach the sole with very firm glue. I'd leave the heels as they were - satin, because they will provide a nice contrast of texture. For the lace, I would ask how much of a seam allowance should be added to the shape. My guess would be 1/4 inch. Knowing how long it would take to make delicate lace, I might buy a extra pair of shoes to practice on - using a bit of machine-made lace for the test. Shoe manufacturers of anything unusual would make a number of test shoes, and I think you might want to try it, too. You'd have two extra shoes to work with for your prototype. Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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If you think the fabric could take it, I'd be tempted to dye them something fab. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ From: jeria...@aol.com jeria...@aol.com To: lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, 3 March 2012, 16:46 Subject: Re: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes Just a few weeks ago, I decided to clean out the top shelf in a closet. Everything had been put there when I moved into this (then new) house 16 years ago. Surprise! My old pair of white lace shoes. Surprise! Badly browned by acid burn damage from the shoe box. Flay this known lace conservator who has committed the ultimate crime against lace! snipped - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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When I got married, (thirty years ago this year - where did all the time go?), I needed flat shoes as I was recovering from an ankle injury. My local shoe shop took on the challenge and found me a pair of white tap shoes. The metal 'taps' were removed from the soles, the shoe laces at the front was replaced with ribbons, and they looked very good. They are not like a lace-up brogue, but are open at the front, with a little strap coming up from either side and meeting over the instep; each strap has just two little holes to thread through the ribbon tie. The upper is made from what looks like a white linen canvas, and the sole is very supportive - most comfortable. At that time I'd nver heard of lace making, it was just another factory-woven fabric to me; but now I can see all sorts of possibilities for adding lace decorations. Maybe someone else will be inspired? Linda Walton, (in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, U.K., where it's been very windy today - but then, that's March, 'in like a lion', let's hope it will soon turn into a lamb, ready for its going out). - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Linda Walton linda.wal...@dsl.pipex.com wrote: At that time I'd nver heard of lace making, it was just another factory-woven fabric to me; but now I can see all sorts of possibilities for adding lace decorations. Maybe someone else will be inspired? Which brings us back to the recent thread of what to do with lots of Honiton motifs! It would be a lot easier to fasten small motifs to the existing shoes than to make a properly shaped shoe upper in lace to be tucked into the join between upper and sole. Robin P. Los Angeles, California, USA robinl...@socal.rr.com - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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It just occurred to me that perhaps some of you would enjoy the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. Perhaps someone in Toronto will know if this museum sells books, and if there are books about making shoes. Otherwise, I suggest that a publisher that specializes in fashions may be a resource to check _http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/_ (http://www.batashoemuseum.ca/) Jeri Ames in Maine USA Lace and Embroidery Resource Center - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Hi Arachnids, Nice to see lace on shoes. BUT; help! I want a parachute! Happy lace making. Joepie in East Sussex, UK, where we have a peasouper fog at present. -Original Message- From: Brenda Paternoster Subject: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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I was at a wedding last weekend where nearly all the young women were wearing those atrocities (shoe style, not the lace!) and a few 40-something's with the Demi Moore Syndrome were also staggering around in them. I know their feet will give them serious problems way earlier than usual, but of course they only think of fashion, and think they'll be young forever. The smarter ones had kicked off their shoes before dinner started! Clay Sent from my iPad On Mar 2, 2012, at 2:49 AM, J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com wrote: Hi Arachnids, Nice to see lace on shoes. BUT; help! I want a parachute! Happy lace making. Joepie in East Sussex, UK, where we have a peasouper fog at present. -Original Message- From: Brenda Paternoster Subject: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Love them, love them, love them, only wish I could still wear them, ah! Sue M Harvey Norfolk Uk Subject: [lace] Lace trimmed shoes - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Hi Clay and everybody else: Some years ago a woman from Singapore (I think) came to my needle arts guild and brought her hand-embroidered shoes for Show 'n Tell. I thought they'd be like Sherlock Holmes' persian slippers, but no, they were proper professionally made leather-soled 2 heels. Where she came from a woman showed her embroidery skill by embroidering fabric which she then took them to a shoe-making service that backed the embroidery and then fashioned it into the upper part of the shoe. I think it was kind of like making a trousseau - you weren't ready to be married until you'd finished your shoes. I'm wondering if that sort of service is available in North America, because I think we could really start a fashion for making your own lace shoes, and not just for weddings. Anybody know? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) I was at a wedding last weekend where nearly all the young women were wearing those atrocities (shoe style, not the lace!) and a few 40-something's with the Demi Moore Syndrome were also staggering around in them. I know their feet will give them serious problems way earlier than usual, but of course they only think of fashion, and think they'll be young forever. The smarter ones had kicked off their shoes before dinner started! Clay Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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By August, I should have a much better idea about shoemaking, as the inter-disciplinary group (Women's Journeys in Fiber) to which I belong has assigned shoes as our project for this year. Last year's theme was aprons, and was the first year I had time to belong to the group. Next week our exhibit opens for 10 days at Chicago's Navy Pier, as part of the Flower and Garden show there. So far I have a form to work on, and an idea to work with, and we'll see if it's technically possible when I get started on it! http://www.womensjourneysinfiber.com/ Sue sueba...@comcast.net I'm wondering if that sort of service is available in North America, because I think we could really start a fashion for making your own lace shoes, and not just for weddings. Anybody know? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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I know it is available, but I'm not sure exactly where. In needlepoint shops everywhere, they have painted canvases which can be made into slippers or shoes after being worked. I suspect that it's a matter of finding a cobbler who does more than just replacing heels and soles. I just did a web search on shoe cobbling and came up with a number of sites that mention learning to make shoes. So custom shoes can be made if one can just find the shoemaker! Clay On 3/2/2012 5:05 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: Hi Clay and everybody else: Some years ago a woman from Singapore (I think) came to my needle arts guild and brought her hand-embroidered shoes for Show 'n Tell. I thought they'd be like Sherlock Holmes' persian slippers, but no, they were proper professionally made leather-soled 2 heels. Where she came from a woman showed her embroidery skill by embroidering fabric which she then took them to a shoe-making service that backed the embroidery and then fashioned it into the upper part of the shoe. I think it was kind of like making a trousseau - you weren't ready to be married until you'd finished your shoes. I'm wondering if that sort of service is available in North America, because I think we could really start a fashion for making your own lace shoes, and not just for weddings. Anybody know? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) I was at a wedding last weekend where nearly all the young women were wearing those atrocities (shoe style, not the lace!) and a few 40-something's with the Demi Moore Syndrome were also staggering around in them. I know their feet will give them serious problems way earlier than usual, but of course they only think of fashion, and think they'll be young forever. The smarter ones had kicked off their shoes before dinner started! Clay Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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I recall many years ago in our couuntry county in Virginia, the Home Demonstration Club had a class? project? or whatever that they were covering opera pumps with fabric. My mother had had polio so couldn't wear pumps but did cover a pair of her old ladies comforts. It was a situation of sanding the finish off the shoe, covering it with glue, stretching the bias fabric over the glued surface, and trimming with an Xacto knife around the crevice where the leather meets the sole. If I recall they covered the heel as well. Why not use the same technique with lace? Happy lacemaking,Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA who cannot wait until June when we'll be at Sweet Briar for Lace!!! On 03/02/12, Clay Blackwellclayblackw...@comcast.net wrote: I know it is available, but I'm not sure exactly where. In needlepoint shops everywhere, they have painted canvases which can be made into slippers or shoes after being worked. I suspect that it's a matter of finding a cobbler who does more than just replacing heels and soles. I just did a web search on shoe cobbling and came up with a number of sites that mention learning to make shoes. So custom shoes can be made if one can just find the shoemaker! Clay On 3/2/2012 5:05 PM, Adele Shaak wrote: Hi Clay and everybody else: Some years ago a woman from Singapore (I think) came to my needle arts guild and brought her hand-embroidered shoes for Show 'n Tell. I thought they'd be like Sherlock Holmes' persian slippers, but no, they were proper professionally made leather-soled 2 heels. Where she came from a woman showed her embroidery skill by embroidering fabric which she then took them to a shoe-making service that backed the embroidery and then fashioned it into the upper part of the shoe. I think it was kind of like making a trousseau - you weren't ready to be married until you'd finished your shoes. I'm wondering if that sort of service is available in North America, because I think we could really start a fashion for making your own lace shoes, and not just for weddings. Anybody know? Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) I was at a wedding last weekend where nearly all the young women were wearing those atrocities (shoe style, not the lace!) and a few 40-something's with the Demi Moore Syndrome were also staggering around in them. I know their feet will give them serious problems way earlier than usual, but of course they only think of fashion, and think they'll be young forever. The smarter ones had kicked off their shoes before dinner started! Clay Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ ; Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-rece nt - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not exactly cheap!. Have a look at the Prescott and Mackay website http://www.prescottandmackay.co.uk/ then click on the shoemaking section - and look at the video. Although there's no lace being used I'm sure it could be! Brenda On 2 Mar 2012, at 22:05, Adele Shaak wrote: I'm wondering if that sort of service is available in North America, because I think we could really start a fashion for making your own lace shoes, and not just for weddings. Anybody know? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
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I also spotted a course offered in Cincinnatti, Ohio (USA). Clay Sent from my iPad On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:56 PM, Brenda Paternoster paternos...@appleshack.com wrote: Yes, there are courses - in London, San Francisco and Melbourne - but not exactly cheap!. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Lace trimmed shoes
Have a look at this for a fashion statement. http://pinterest.com/pin/189151253069377511/ Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
