Oct 14, 2011
Every Lady Her Own Shoemaker
I love this little red book with its patterns and instructions for making shoes at home. Every Lady Her Own Shoemaker; or, a Complete Self-Instructor in the Art of Making Gaiters and Shoes [Paperback]
was published in 1855 by an anonymous Lady. Her patterns are for shoes, for ankle-high gaiters with fabric uppers, leather soles, leather heels and toe-caps, for Congress gaiters with an elastic gore instead of a laced opening, and also for a man's slippers.
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2 comments:
I was happy to see a post about the book as I'm looking for it for quite a while now...have you already worked with the patterns?! Is it easy to alter the patterns according to size?!
Sabine
No, I haven't used this book yet, but have had it on my shelf for ten years now. I get it out every now and again and dream of one day trying to make a set of slippers :)
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