In this shoemaking course, you will learn how to make moccasins from scratch. This so interesting shoe type is very different from every other type of footwear, so you will learn here  many new approaches in shoe making:

* You will learn how to make the pattern of moccasins.

Pattern making is a start point of your learning. It is a very important step in moccasin making because an only precise pattern of moccasin will guarantee you that you will make good and quality moccasins. The pattern of moccasins is very unique because it is one cut pattern that includes the part of the insole that overlaps the shoe last bottom and sewn with the front part of moccasins -the tongue.

If every other shoe type consists of few different part, where the upper is made apart from the insole, so in moccasins, the upper is the whole shoe. That’s why the upper pattern construction of moccasins is so important. So here you will learn unique shoe making technique on how to make one cut pattern of moccasins using your shoe last. This special pattern making technique to make moccasins is one of the kind and you will learn it step by step in this shoemaking course.

*  You will learn how to sew moccasins and why it is so special.

The assembling and sewing of moccasins have unique order and you will learn it step by step in this shoemaking class. It is unique and special because you will need to sew two main parts of moccasins by hand. So you will learn how to make handmade stitches in moccasins. There are different ways to make this handmade stitches and it depends on the style of moccasins and on the way how the moccasins pattern was created. In this shoe making course you will learn how to make the most complicated type of moccasins with handmade sewing to be able to make any other style of moccasins on the basis of this one.

*How to last moccasins and what is so unique in this shoe making craft

Listing of moccasins is unusual because you will not last properly your moccasins, you will place them on the last. How to do that exactly and what is so important in this shoe making process you will learn here.  

* You will learn how to make special insoles (midsoles) for moccasins

Although the upper of moccasins has one cut part with the insoles you still would need to make the insoles for moccasins to make them wearable. It is an absolutely different way of shoe making and different from what you learned before in other shoe making courses.

*You will learn how to make soles for moccasins

Also here you will learn many new shoe making approaches in sole making that are special for moccasins.

At the end of this course, you will have a pair of handmade moccasins.

This shoemaking course consists of 31 lessons with the length of 40-90 min each. All lessons are presented in live class format. They are verbally and visually explained and are easy to follow.