Members terrypen Posted March 25, 2015 Members Report Posted March 25, 2015 Great looking tutorial writeup! I'm not sure when I'll get around to them... have too many projects lined up now... LOL I need more leather... and rawhide, and leather!!! Terry Quote TerryPendergrass Leatherworks Pendergrass Leatherworks Facebook W5NRA - Amateur Radio Callsign
Members tboyce Posted March 25, 2015 Members Report Posted March 25, 2015 I intend to try it as well...a great tutorial and one that I will take into account when posting future patterns of my own Quote
Members frenchy07 Posted March 25, 2015 Members Report Posted March 25, 2015 I personally hate flip flops (always feels like my big toe is being singled out and excluded) but I have lots of victims to practice on in my neck of the woods! Quote
Reegesc Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Posted March 25, 2015 @ Tboyce -- Why thank you Sir, that means a lot. I'm a mere student compared to you. Long time fan. Quote
Reegesc Posted March 25, 2015 Author Report Posted March 25, 2015 (edited) Nail Holes -- I should have been clearer in the Tutorial and pointed out that the nails follow the stitching line/groove. However, that is of zero consequence if you're not going to perimeter stitch all the way through to the bottom sole. In that case, I just hold the bundled layers together with my hand when I belt sand, but that's also been with flops that had fewer and thinner layers. Although I haven't tried, a hand clamp should work just fine as long as you carefully realign the layers as you move the clamp around. Any other ideas out there? At any rate, if you did not foresee nail holes as an issue, plan ahead. Edited March 25, 2015 by cseeger Quote
Members MojoGeorge Posted March 25, 2015 Members Report Posted March 25, 2015 Tnx for the follow-up emails! Will take awhile but will post pics ad soon as they are done Geo Quote 'Ware the Penguins!
Members Angie Posted March 27, 2015 Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 Thank you so much for this great tutorial. I can´t wait to start my first try with shoes. Spring has just begun and here in Spain flip-flops are, due to our warm climate, the most important footwear, called "chanclas" Angie Quote
Members Paramedic04 Posted March 27, 2015 Members Report Posted March 27, 2015 Thanks for this... gonna try to hammer out a pair for my wife soon! Quote
Members istaunton Posted March 30, 2015 Members Report Posted March 30, 2015 Cheers. Will have to give this a try Quote http://www.glasfinleather.com
Members MonicaJacobson Posted April 4, 2015 Members Report Posted April 4, 2015 First try - I went with "variations". I decided it'd be fun to use the tutorial and template and add enough to make sandals. My pattern was a little off, but they work, and that's what counts, right? One thing, I cut too large and then got hasty and lazy shaping the heel pieces, so they're absolutely wonky. Whatevs, I decided. Also, my pathetic Tandy grooving tool was so bad I barely got the stitching flush. When these stitches wear through (very shortly, I'm sure), I'll go back with a knife and cut the groove deeper and resew around the edges. Also, I didn't use rawhide... we'll see how well these last. This was a really fun project! Quote http://monicajacobson.com/ https://www.etsy.com/shop/TrimGoTrix?ref=si_shop
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