recreating cloth shoes

[Annette Bethke]

This past weekend I attended a workshop conducted by Cody Mobley on making cloth shoes based on "Every Lady Her Own Shoemaker." We made side lacing ladies' shoes and a gentleman in attendance made a pair of slippers. It was wonderful. My fingers still hurt, but it was a great experience. Cody sized the patterns and made the soles for us before the workshop. The shoes are so comfortable and fit like a glove.

Here is a link to some of the photos from the workshop http://s774.photobucket.com/albums/y...Codys%20shoes/

As an aside, Cody is available to make cloth shoes for anyone interested. He can be reached at companytailor@gmail.com.

[Trish Hasenmueller]

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Wow, thanks for sharing the photos, Annette! Those shoes are wonderful. Now all the rest of us are envious of your lovely feet!

Trish Hasenmueller

[MrsArmstrong]

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I have shoe envy!! They turned out beautiful. Now that would be a great workshop. :)
Susan Armstrong

[yeoman]

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Ma'am, thanks for sharing.., here is an image you may have seen before but do notice the gentleman
sitting on the box..., some nice slippers, yes.

[Annette Bethke]

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OMG! How cool. I'll need to pass this on to the gentleman who made the slippers.

[toptimlrd]

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I also find the false boots in the image of interest. I've often wondered just how common they were.

[GarrettG1993]

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Nice slippers. Mine turned out very well, thanks Cody! What about the kepi's the two seated guys are wearing? Could they be a zouave style?


Regards,
Garrett Glover

[Shockoe Hill Cats]

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Kaelin Vernon is also making shoes during his spare time. I sent him photos of every single documented Confederate (Eastern theater) shoe at the Museum of the Confederacy. The pair he wanted to reproduced were the John Jones Shoes (I believe). From my notes:

• 0985.13.493 – John Jones shoes
Shoes made in Buchanan, Virginia by Culpepper, Virginia contractor, John Jones, for the Confederate government. Wooden soles with black leather toe caps and reinforced heel cuffs (hand stitched). Two-piece canvas body and a double row of stitching. Opening has been edged with ¼ inch wide black painted canvas trim. Three punched eyelets have not been visibly stitched.
Length: 10 ½ inches Width: 3 ½ inches