Ferg Report post Posted September 8, 2019 Thought I should place the SHOES in a different topic. Haven't had a lot of time to work on wife's shoes. The tornado that swept through our area Memorial Day contributing to several large trees going down in our woods. We really don't need all the wood plus thousands of trees were blown down or damaged severely leaving many families with fire wood they cannot get rid of. Photo shows the Insoles attached and fitted but not trimmed. Wet them for a few minutes so they would work and fit around the bottom of the Last. Will let them dry for a couple days. Patterns, Uppers, Liners etc. in foreground. Insoles are of 10 oz to 12 oz cow hide. Reinforcement leather for behind the lace holes is calf skin 3 oz to 4 oz. Uppers are of that leather also. Lining is Kid Skin soft and velvety on one side. I have com-chawed a Domestic Singer one daughter left at our house. It will sew thin leathers but I won't use it much since the motor simply will not take the beating. Have never used any thread smaller than "69", it looks like rope in fine stitching. Have ordered some "40". My Consew won't sew more than 10 stitches per inch. Shoemakers sew up to 15 or 16 spi, a few use finer stitches than that. This is in the uppers only. I will stitch the Soles by hand with waxed thread that is rather heavy. Had difficulty finding much info on how to attach the lining. Decided that some areas need to be glued while others will be stitched on one edge. I spend 75% of my time reading and doing research, the remainder to the work at hand. For those of you considering a "Jump" into shoe making, read everything you can find especially if you don't have the time or money to take classes. Folks on this forum have much more experience at this than I do. I AM HAVING A BLAST! Ferg Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
