Jimmy who?
Sunday, September 14th, 2014
A lovely message arrived yesterday from one of our Sassy followers.
“Inspired by your espadrille story, I dug out this lovely old hardback given to me by my mother, Dorothy who had owned it since 1949. She made endless clothes for us all on a hand operated Singer Sewing machine and knitted us jumpers, scarves and hats too – I don’t know where she found the time. Mum also went through a phase of making herself, me and my two sisters’ soft espadrille type shoes, from scraps of fabric and re-cycled second hand clothes. Your piece on the blog, making your own shoes, bought back some very happy memories. – thank you!”
This is a wonderful book that teaches you and me to actually make shoes and comes across like it is so easy that we could actually do it too. Homely, useful and very, very thorough. First published in 1948, packed with amazing detail for budding Choo-ettes. Actually, that’s underselling it. All the patterns in this slim volume are much more desirable and memorable than any designer baubles. Favourite by a narrow margin (for now) is ‘Lido’ a court shoe to be made in gay striped sandal braid… although it’s a lot more ambitious than my previous over sized espadrilles. Maybe next year.
Other books in the series include Small Jewellery (anyone found making outsized items will be made to stand outside) and Leaded Glass Work. Don’t suppose anyone has a copy of those knocking about?
Doesn’t it look fab:
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