Softsoled Tall Boots

[Phil2011]

Hi, there!

Here is a pair of softsoled tall boots I made in 2001 or 2002 for a young woman who was a friend of mine:

Sorry, I don't have better pics to show details!.. At this time I didn't have a digital camera.

I designed these boots by myself, using such a pair of french slippers:

The upper part is made of a kind of very thin felt and the sole is made of padded suede. I bought a pair on this girl's size (womens 5US, or 36EUR). I dismantled a slipper to draw patterns from the upper part and from the sole. I designed the leg by myself. Before I start to make the boots, I have drawn these patterns:

I cut every part out of this thick and very soft and supple full grain leather:

On the picture of patterns, you can see two patterns for the sole: I made it from two layers of leather. To make the assembling onto the foot part easier, I made the inner sole smaller than the main one. By this way, the assembling concerned only two layers of leather. After stitching, the edge of inner sole (on the proper size of the foot) was in contact of stitching.

On the picture of pattern, in the bottom part of the pic, you can see the pattern for lace: this part situates at the top of the boot. You can see it on the first picture, above the beadwork.

To decorate the boots, I finally made beadwork ornaments with very long fringe (from the same leather). These ornaments are removable, they're just tied on the lace.

As for all my leatherwork, everything is handstitched with two needles, by using a linen thread.

Et voila!

[Phil2011]

[TwinOaks]

Fantastic design and beautiful work! Thank you for sharing this.

[Phil2011]

Thank you Twin Oaks! This young woman wished her boots to look slouch and very soft. That's why the leg of the boot looks wide...