Diy "Moon" Moccasins With Printable Patterns & Pdf Tutorial

Make custom-fitted barefoot leather shoes adapted to your foot shape and size.

What you'll learn

How to make barefoot leather shoes just as if you were looking over my shoulder.

Over the course of 2 hours of video, Lougaya clearly and precisely explains how to make your own moccasins with very few and simple hand tools.

Along with the videos, you will receive the PDF tutorial as well as the printable patterns.

Our patterns are made to be adjusted exactly to the morphology of each person. These patterns will suit people from size 34 t

Requirements

To easily achieve this moccasins project, we recommend using very soft leather.

The Tools: a large leather piece, allowing you to make any size of moccasin (average size 40 x 60 cm) , a round awl to make holes in the leather by hand before sewing it, big saddle needles and enough waxed thread to make a pair

Patterns should be printed in A4 or US letter.

We are convinced that even people without prior experience in leather work or sewing can complete this project quite easily.

With practice, a pair can be made in only 2 to 3 hours, but it would usually take about 1 day on the first trial.

Description

Over the course of 2 hours of video, Lougaya clearly and precisely explains how to make your own moccasins with very few simple hand tools.The great difference with most other moccasins and patterns that you can find on the market is that ours are made to be adjusted exactly to the morphology of each person. Patterns will suit people from size 34 to 48 EU / 3 to 14 US.We are convinced that even people without prior experience in leather work or sewing can complete this project quite easily.When purchasing our tutorials, you will gain instant access to the videos that you will be able to watch and replay as many times as you like.Along with the videos, you will receive the PDF tutorial as well as the printable patterns. (see files to download via Etsy)The video tutorial helps to understand the right gesture, whereas the PDF tutorial highlights important details in large images and written explanations and helps you to keep track of each step in order. Even after your first pair, it is a useful document to remember how to make them without having to watch all the videos again.With practice, a pair can be made in only 2 to 3 hours, but it would usually take about 1 day on the first trial.Patterns should be printed in A4 or US letters. If you are not able to print the patterns at home, please send us a request.The tutorials also cover the topics of choosing leather and tools, making soles, leather conditioner, and even some ideas to make use of leather off-cuts and other projects to apply the techniques that you will have learned.

Overview

Section 1: The "Moon" Moccasins

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Choosing and Assembling The Pattern

Lecture 3 Cutting The Leather

Lecture 4 Preparing The Stitching

Lecture 5 Preparing The Stitch, Making Holes

Lecture 6 Stitching The Front

Lecture 7 Custom-Fitting The Heel

Lecture 8 Finishing The Front Stitch

Lecture 9 Cutting The Heel

Lecture 10 Stitching The Heel

Lecture 11 You've made it!

Section 2: HELP & TIPS

Lecture 12 TOOLBOX - Making Soles

Lecture 13 TOOLBOX - Cutting Lace

Lecture 14 TOOLBOX - Shoe Too Tight - Fast Stretch

Lecture 15 TOOLBOX - Advice Reminder about Stitching

Lecture 16 HELP - Fitting Too Big

Lecture 17 HELP - Struggling to Make Holes?

Lecture 18 HELP - Shoe Too Small

Anyone that want to make their own shoes easily,People that struggle to find shoes in their size in shops,Those who are interested in barefoot or minimalist shoes and barefoot walking,People that like making their own clothes, their homemade and DIY useful things,Leather craftsmen who looking for a new leather project,Parents who are tired of buying shoes every three month to their children