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5 Best Shoe making Tips 2017

When you thinking about shoemaking you think about big things and big problems that you may encounter, like how to last properly, what type of leather to use, how to skive, etc.But when you will dive into this wonderful craft you will realize that shoemaking is much more than that.There are much more details that […]

0 Make your own shoes! Become shoemaking student!

Make your own shoes! Become shoemaking student!To make your own shoes has been a goal of yours for a long time now, but you put yourself on hold and you are skeptical if this is possible for you. Can you learn this craft? Is it hard? What kind of training do you need? Where to […]

2 Smart Shoemaking: How To Turn From Being a Beginner To Making Your Own Shoes

Smart Shoemaking: How To Turn From Being a Beginner To Making Your Own ShoesWhat can you do to learn how to make a variety of shoes? Right now, you are a total beginner in shoemaking, you don’t know how to create even the most basic footwear construction, so what can you do to not only learn […]

2 What is the right shoe last type to start making your shoes?

What is the right shoe last type to start making your shoes? Image of last in the middle and around many shoe types In the previous post about shoe lasts I talked with you; about shoe lasts types. I explained you that we have many different shoe last types to work with. If you missed this post check it here: https://www.shoemakingcoursesonline.com/shoe-last-types/ To not repeat what I already explained in the previous post l want to remind you only the main thought from this post: To make certain shoe type you need to have its own shoe last. From this understanding you may make a logical conclusion that to make variety of footwear types, like boots,sandals,pumps etc, you need to have all this shoe lasts types. Yes, in some sense, it is correct, but there is a way how you can overcome it and in this post I will show you how. I will explain you, what is the right shoe last type you need to get started making your shoes and make not only one shoe type, but variety of shoe types. So what is “right” shoe last type ? The right shoe last type you need to get started making your shoes is pump last. Pic of pump last Now let's see what shoe types you can make using the pumps last and why. Court Shoes First of all you can make all court shoes on the pump last. You can do it, because all court shoes like pump shoes (that is also one of the court shoe types) have a low throat line and can be constructed on the pump last. I explain how to construct it correctly using pump last in my footwear design course Footwear Design Course Knowledge -Technique – Freedom . This is one of the main ideas of this course, how to use your knowledge and create many different shoe types. So you can make those 6 different shoe types (court shoes) using pump last: 1. Pumps itself 2. Marry-Jane pumps 3. T-strap pumps 4. Sling back pumps 5. D’orsey pumps 6. Loafers Pic of those types Shoes With Fastening and Laces Second group of shoe types that you can make using pump last are shoes with laces. I want to explain you why we can do it. The pump last have narrow instep, to keep well the pumps on the feet without any fastening. But because this shoe group have laces we can build them even on pump last with narrow instep because of the laces. The shoes with laces that you can create on pump last are: 1. Oxford shoes 2 Derby shoes 3. Any other type with fastening Pic of those shoes More than this, you can also make your pump last wider in the instep using veg tanned leather, if the instep of your pump last is too narrow for you. I explain how to do it in my bespoke derby course. Bespoke Derby Handsewn Opanka Shoes Course Boots Although in the previous post I told you that to make any kind of boots ( high, low) you need to use boot lasts, there is a pattern making technique that will help you to construct boot pattern using pump last. In my boot course I teach this unique approach. Using this approach you will be able to use your pump last and make variety of boots types ( High Women Boot Course ) . Small shoemaking tip: To last boot upper on pump last you can also attach to the back part additional piece of veg tanned leather to make the shape of the pump's back similar to the back of boot's last shape. Pic of boot last with image of pump last with leather Conclusion: With pump last you can be making these 9 different footwear types: 1. Pumps 2. Mary-jane pumps 3. T-strap pumps 4. Sling back pumps 5. D’orsey pumps 6. Loafers 7. Oxford shoes 8. Derby shoes 9. Boots This is it. I hope this post will guide you in the right direction when choosing your first last. Now, if you have chosen a different kind of last as you “first last” please share in the comment below and tell us what was your experience working with this last and making your first shoes.

In the previous post about shoe lasts I talked with you; about shoe lasts types. I explained to you that we have many different shoes last types to work with. If you missed this post check it here: Shoe Last Type To not repeat what I already explained in the previous post l want to […]

3 Why You need Bespoke Shoes and Working With Veg tanned Leather [Free Webinar 2017]

Why You need Bespoke Shoes and Working With Veg Tanned Leather8 months ago I started a new course on the website that was all about making a bespoke shoe. If you learned other shoemaking courses with me or if you are a fresh beginner, this course is a must! Why? What are bespoke shoes and why it […]

3 Shoe Last Types

There are different shoe last types and in this post I will talk with you about most common shoe last types. We have men’s lasts, women’s lasts and children’s lasts. But this is not all the shoe last types that we have. You know that there are same shoe lasts types for every footwear […]

0 Different Types of Shoe Last Opening| Part 2

Different types of shoe last openingIn the previous post I talked with you about components of shoe lasts and their function. Among the components that I listed was a link hinge. Now in this post we will talk about this link hinge or about different types of shoe last opening. I also will answer on […]

10 What you need to know about shoe last Part 1 : Shoe lasts components

What you need to know about shoe last Part 1 : Shoe lasts componentsI remember myself in the begging of my journey into amazing craft of shoemaking. I didn’t know anything about it when I took a short shoe course in the art academy where I learnt as an accessory designer. During this course I […]

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