Anyone have a Ghillies pattern?

[strapt]

I'm looking for a pattern for a pair of lace up Ghillies. I would like to make a pair that lace partway up the calf. Anyone know of a pattern like that?

Thanks!

[strapt]

Wow...

C'mon guys. All the fine folks, and vast knowledge visiting this board every day and no one has any pointers for a poor newbie?

Ghillies are those lace up shoes worn with ones' kilt at the ren fair. Sometimes called ghillies brogues. I'd like to make my own, but could use some pointers.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks friends.

[Luke Hatley]

Strapt , wished i could help . Someone will come a long latter.... but in the meantime take

a look at the shoes that i make...

Edited April 3, 2008 by Luke Hatley

[Drac]

think the name is throwing everyone off. I thought you were trying to make a ghillie suit (camouflage outfit) out of leather and was totally confRused as to why you'd wanna do that! *L*

[Oscar B]

http://www.btinternet.com/~kingsmerecrafts/Contents.html

This site may have what you want.

[Beaverslayer]

I was at a loss also, I did a search on Ghillies, and came up with the camouflage outfit for hunting.

Ken

[bcurrier]

I managed to lose the only pair I ever owned, and when I went to price a replacement pair - wow! I bought mine in Scotland for about $35. The same pair here was more like $200-250. I never replaced them, and just wear black dress shoes instead.

Still, I've thought time-to-time that maybe another option would be to buy a pair of wingtips and re-work them by removing the tongue and reshaping the lacing panels. That's pretty much all ghillies are anyway. Maybe worth a try on a pair from Goodwill to see how it goes before investing in something better ...

Bill

[yaklady]

My daughter dances so much, she wore her ghillies out. I decided to try to make her new ones, and used the old pair to create a pattern. I haven't actually made them yet, so who knows if the pattern will work. She got impatient and ordered new ones which cost about $40. I'm not in a rush now to make her any, so the pattern is still sitting there. I haven't heard any where to buy a pattern.

[Luke Hatley]

Strapt. I have found what, I think you are refering to.

Check out www.smoke-fire.com i looked on the site for the pattern and could not

find it, sent an e-mail and they said that they have all size of the patterns.

hope this is the one you need...

[strapt]

Luke those are some good lookiing mocs you're a making. Thanks for posting them.

And thanks to all of you for your input, and the great links. Sorry if my first post caused any confusion.

I'm thinking I may need to develop my own pattern with inspiration from the online sources you all have pointed me toward. I'll keep you all posted...