I made some new shoes!
So, we have my niece’s yellow themed birthday party coming up, and I’d made my dress so was all set to go, and well hmmm; I just kept dreaming of matching yellow shoes. Of course I could not resist such dreaming for long. Eventually bowed down to the inevitable and set to making a pair of yellow shoes to match.
You might think this is a ridiculous amount of effort to go for an outfit for a birthday party. Yes. Yes, it is. Actually the truth is that I just fancied some yellow shoes anyway of course, the party was just the excuse! I ordered one of the new high heeled clog kits from leather needle thread, and got onto it!
well hello, my little photo bomber…
This was just as much fun as the first time I made a pair of clogs from this company, and honestly, I don’t think these will be my last pair! I did make a few boo boos making this pair, just like I did before. The main thing with these was that I broke my awl making holes for the nail/stud thingies *sob* and had to prise off a bit of the glued-on leather and then tease out and pull the broken end of the awl from out of my almost finished shoe with a pair of pliers … yes, you can imagine my barely controlled panic at this point! I ended up using our drill with the skinniest drill bit on the end to make holes instead. Actually this was a far superior method to the awl in the end and I wished I’d thought of using it right from the start. We live and learn! And now I guess I need to buy a new awl too!
Anyway, these are awesome and I’m so excited to try wearing them with my entire summer wardrobe… I’ve found in the past that “unusual” solid coloured shoes actually go with far more colours in your wardrobe than you might think…. and by unusual I mean unusual for my own particular personal colour tastes. For example, my lilac sandals have gone with so much of my wardrobe, in spite of the fact that I have basically no lilac in my wardrobe at all. Strange, isn’t it? I have confidence the same phenomenon will result from having these gorgeous golden beauties in my arsenal too.
Those are so cool.
They are very beautiful
You did an amazing job!
That buttery mustard shade is fabulous! I have a similar color pair of sandals which turned into my most worn ones, ever. Turns out a muddy yellow becomes neutral when you’re wearing most any color. They don’t steal attention when the clothes are the star; they add interest when the clothes are boring. Another winner.
Those cake photos made me sooo hungry.
“I’m walkin’ on sunshine, lalala!” Those will go with EVERYTHING.
Very pretty!
Have you ever seen the blog “Ellen’s sewing passion”? You might enjoy her blog, she does a lot of origami type stuff, and documents the dart manipulation/folding process.
(not affiliated, was just reading it and thought you might like too)