Crafting Handmade Shoes: Great-Looking Shoes, Sandals, Slippers & Boots
Raymond covers the fundamentals of shoemaking first, including pictures, sidebars with flair (did you know that platform heels were first worn by sixteenth-century Venetian prostitutes?), and great instructions for techniques. One after another, the approximately 30 patterns proceed--each one, quite frankly, more appealing than the last--from an apple pie-color sandal to a Santa Fe-like desert sunrise moccasin. Templates appended.Barbara JacobsCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved