First saw this video about a year ago. Was totally surprised to see Fred in here....I see him at work almost daily. But I never knew he was a famous foot model!
Greets from Germany! I thankful to the Great Mother, that I found your video! Germans are hoarding those Infos, if some wants to make medieval turnshoes be himself! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Great video, thank you for taking the time to explain your process. I have a question for you - You used an insole to help keep the bottom of the shoe flat when making the pattern. After you have completed making the shoes, do you put the insole back inside of the shoe for comfort or is it just used for making the pattern?
So if you have one foot that's bigger than the other, I'm guessing it would be best to make two separate patterns? My right foot and leg is about 1/2 inch bigger than my left. I've measured both feet to make sure.
My feet are different sizes... so Im guessing Im better off making a pattern for both? And thank you for the video. Might I suggest increasing the volume(sound). As is I have my cell on max volume and I can juuust make out what you are sayin. Regardless I agree with the other comments... thank you so very deeply.
you did a good job, and i wonder if you put a piece of cardboard under the foot and glue it with the duct tape, then you'll get something better, what do think ?
The cardboard would need to be in side the pattern so that once you cut the duck tape off of the foot and lay it flat you can the trace it to transfer the desired 3D shape to the 2 D patter. Test and see how it works and please let me know how your idea worked
I hope you are still active lol. But I have a problem when trying to make a boot style. Every time I lay the pattern down on paper it bundles up on the heel an when I flatten it. It will bundle on the top part
I followed this, but when it came to drawing out the pattern, after cutting it off the foot, the tape pattern wouldn't stay flat. I did the best I could to trace it out but when I came to test it fit together I found I'd lost 2cm off the circumference of the upper. Do you have any tips to ensure this doesn't happen in the future. Annoyingly I'd already cut the leather and had to tack on an insert so ended up with two stitched line on the upper.
In order to be able to give you some use full suggestions I will need more detailed from you. 1 Did you use a plastic bag over the sock or did you tape the sock? I recommend taping to a plastic bag 2. use heavy steel bolt nuts to hold down the cut peaces on to the pattern paper. The spots that tend to not flatten out are the toe and heel if the lines were drawn high enough around the foot there isn't mush curl so nothing to worry about but is the lines are more or less on the under side of the of the curve of the edg of the foot then the warp is bad and thenit may be necessary to make small cuts at intervals to flatten out the patter. Pictures from you would help
Yes I used the bag. Unfortunately I don't have the pattern any more. I got as far as drawing it out and then the project rested while I made my wife a bag. But it's helpful to know you can cut the pattern to flatten it and that if you draw a slightly higher line it should happen less. Thanks.
Thankyou for your previous reply. I have another question! When I did the flesh stitch down the upper i pulled it tight and there was no gap, but then I turned the shoe (wet) and when the leather dried there was a mm or so gap in the stitching and quite a bit of give. Is this usual and can it be avoided. I used 2.5mm leather and while the shoe was drying out wore it a bit for it to form to my foot shape. Was this wrong?
Well.... I well now i need to see a photos of the gap in order to figure out the cause and to suggested a way to correct it or avoid it in the future .
