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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Feet - At the Bottom of It All
- Template sewing hints
Types of Feet
Constructing the Feet
Changing the size of feet and shoes
Adding structure to a foot
Haughty Heels- When the heel is part of the cloth foot
Changing a pancake leg to a flat bottomed foot
- Template sewing hints
- 2. Self Fabric and Appliqué Shoes
- Straight Line Method
Curved Line Method
Slanted Line Method
Appliqué Techniques: (Zigzag, Reverese, Fusible Web Folded)
Appliqué on Appliqué: (Creating a cuff and tongue for a high top shoe, Creating a mock quarter)
- Straight Line Method
- 3. Painting Perfect Shoes
- Painting Supplies
Painting Techniques
Additional Techniques
Let's talk about glue
Supplies for creating removable shoes
Shoe Uppers
Suggested Materials for Outer Soles
- Painting Supplies
- 4. Creating Removable Shoes
- Sewn together shoes:
Low Sloper, Method 1 & 2
High Sloper
Master Sloper
Sole
Assembling the upper
Attaching the upper to the inner sole
Adding a filler
Attaching the outer sole and heel
Constructing an upper that needs to be lined
- Sewn together shoes:
- 5. Designing Specialty Shoes- Slippers Sandals and Sports
- Slippers (Mule, Fuzzy, Traditional, Men's Style 1 & 2)
Sandals (Straps, Soles, Wedge heel, Birkenstock Style)
Sports Shoes (Swim Fins, Running Shoes)
- Slippers (Mule, Fuzzy, Traditional, Men's Style 1 & 2)
- 6. Oxfords, Boots, High Heels and More
- Oxfords
Saddle Shoes
Boots (Laced/High Top Shoes with Tongue, Off Center Opening, Side Opening)
High Top Botts/Shoes with Quarters, Rain Boots, Quilted Winter Boots, Cowboy Boots)
High Heels(Fabric Covered, Painted, Variations)
Moccasin Style Shoes (Drafting the Sloper, Basic Moccasin, Penny Loafers, Fringed Tongue, Boat Shoes)
- Oxfords
- 7. Fancy Footwear Finishes
- Finishing upper edge of shoes (Trim techniques, Suggested Embellishments, Wrapping a foot in
specialty threads)
All About Eyelets/Grommets/Shoelace holes Shoelace Ideas (Lacing up the shoe, Finishing ends of shoelaces)
Socks
Making doll accessories for scale
- Finishing upper edge of shoes (Trim techniques, Suggested Embellishments, Wrapping a foot in
specialty threads)
- 8. Combining Techniques For Realistic Shoes
- Adding Soles to Painted Shoes (Painted High Top Sneaker with Attached Sole, Ballet Shoes, Fantasy Shoes,
Muslin shoes, Decoupage)
Quick and Easy Shoe Ideas (Decorative ribbon shoes, Leather Glove slippers)
Stump Foot Solutions
Adding Trim To Painted Feet (Beaded shoes)
Incorporating Clay (Stable high heels, Molded paperclay shoes, Molded polymer clay shoes)
Miscellaneous Techniques (Fake stitched soles, Adhering shoes to a base, Aging Leather Shoes/Boots)
- Adding Soles to Painted Shoes (Painted High Top Sneaker with Attached Sole, Ballet Shoes, Fantasy Shoes,
Muslin shoes, Decoupage)
- Appendix
- A. Patterns for cloth doll feet
B. Pin Doll pattern
C. Glossary of Terms
D. Supplier and Resources Guide
Bibliography
Index
- A. Patterns for cloth doll feet
PATTERN RATING:
There are a few basic templates in the back, but this book is mainly for creating your own footwear, just like the title says. :) The patterns you are given have seam allowances marked and the name of the pattern, but few other markings. I would have loved to have seen at least a couple of pages of photos of finished products, which also kept this rating low.
INSTRUCTION RATING:
Instructions are broken down into numbered steps, and there is a good amount of illustration to go with them. Quality of illustration isn't 100% - but the author's cover an incredible amount of ground. If they'd been any more detailed, the book would have had to be three times as long.
BONUS MECHANICS RATING:
This is that rarest of books, a book that details how to create your own patterns in thorough detail. I get to add a new "bible" to my collection.