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@andrewfarmer6126

Ай бұрын

Maddie, you have not made shoes... You have made slippers which is even more awesome, in my silly opinion. NICE!

@seamus6397

Ай бұрын

Those look a lot like the shoe paks found at Ft. Ligonier in PA. Using a pair of metal cutting snips will make it easier to cut the heavy sole leather. Also, once you have marked out the stitches on the sole, I have found it easier to go back and punch them through with a sharp awl. A lighter leather for the upper is much easier to work with than the shearling. Great job.

@MasterMafiaDK

Ай бұрын

These shoes and gloves are what I have been WAITING FOR!!! THANK YOUUUUU!!!!!

@michaelanderson2166

Ай бұрын

Another option would be to make a pattern for both feet, so each shoe is perfect for your feet.

Surprised he didn't take the chair on vacation just to sew some chaos.

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

The luggage fee was too pricey, his cheapness saved my CHAIR RIGHTS

@AzraelThanatos

Ай бұрын

@@SkillTree You might have to make a throne or something that can disassemble or fold down to bring with you to events. If for no other reason than to just watch the chaos... You might also talk about getting a skill tree trailer or something to make travel for larp stuff work, and, considering the channel, it could even, potentially, be a business expense thing

@elijahcabacungan2915

Ай бұрын

Sew chaos. I see what you did there.

@balduinvontrier128

Ай бұрын

He says he hates sewing quite often.

Guess who is having a DAY and uploaded this video wrong TWICE. Sooooo there is no music or end screen. I'll just narrate it here. YOOOOOOOOU MADE IT TO THE ENDSCREEN KZread LOVES IT WHEN YOU DO THAT, and it's a FANTASTIC way to support the channel... Now, I need backup singers for the background music. Any volunteers?

@PhilEulenspiegel

Ай бұрын

Take on me...(join on in) 😂

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

@@PhilEulenspiegel TAKE ON ME

@Madimistred

Ай бұрын

@@PhilEulenspiegel TAAAAAAAAAAKE MEEEEEEE OOOOOOOOON

@Taurusus

Ай бұрын

Dovahkiin! Dovahkiin! Naal ok zin los vahriin! Wait what are we doing?

@christopherbrant8610

Ай бұрын

IIIII'LL BEEEE GOOOONNEE

This is my first time seeing this channel. (Thank you YT algorithm.) I have no idea who Clever is but, Madi, you did a great job and I'm subscribing because of you. So I guess you have a subscriber all your own now. Thanks for the video. I will be making myself some comfy shoes.

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

Awwwwwww, my first personal subscriber 🥰TAKE THAT CLEVER

@michaelyoung7261

Ай бұрын

Best comment on this video.

HELL YEAH Chair for Madi 🎉

Great job Maddie you effectively made turn shoes just without having sewn them inside out anturning them at the end

@johnknecht6958

Ай бұрын

Also a note about working with Sherling to make seem transition a bit cleaner. Make the seem allowance time and a half bigger then normal. Shave down to the hide on the fuzzy side, and when you do the seam, sew it in a over lapping seem so there is no 'rough side' to the seem. It will provide additional strength, and give a cleaner more professional overall look and will help prevent some of leathers tendency to stretch.

You call him clever but you are now Matty the Magician. Great job girl

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

I am MAGIC

@Gunn4u

Ай бұрын

@@SkillTree no doubt

It is awesome seeing Madi on another vid we love our resident Crow!

@Mark-ki7ic

Ай бұрын

And she didn't summon swarms of Ravens as a legendary action. My DnD version of the Archfey Crow is coming together Madi

The rise of the crow queen 👸 All Hail Maddie

Love the making something rough a first time. I started following cause I could see a clear progression of someone learning. It presses onto me to not force myself into perfection on my first attempt. Now for Maddie to make 5 more pairs of shoes getting more advanced each time

It's nice to have a video that is more of a real just starting out with a skill.

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

Thats one of the big reasons I (Madi) want to do more episodes. I have ZERO crafting experience 🤣

Maddie: advice on using the 2-prong next time - set the first prong in the last hole, tap lightly to mark the leather, then move the first prong to your mark and make your two holes. It saves a little bit of time, better than punching one hole at a time. 🥰

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

That is so smart!

We need more of the Crow!

@HDBrown-wc9xt

Ай бұрын

Yes. It’s great when she add Starky comments

I liked as soon as I saw Madi. Love the shirt too. I bet using the insert as a pattern was one of those facepalm worthy ideas. Like, "why didn't I think of that before!" I know I wouldn't have thought of it right away, and it is a good idea that seems so obvious in hindsight!

fyi you can get contact cement thinner (like paint thinner) so you can keep using the old contact cement till it's gone. Good job on the shoes though!

@brianhudson3619

Ай бұрын

I was searching the comments, seeing if someone beat me to this. But great job on the project itself!!!

More Madi videos please. We need more Madi videos!

Idea for a project... Backpack but wooden chest. Larp furniture so you dont have to unpack/pack everything. Can be basically a bedside stand you can wear on your back.

Good job Maddie! Forging. Shoes. You're definitely taking on the skill challenges like a true adventurer! Very inspiring. Also. Hide the chair. 😆

Nice job! The shoes you made are almost pucker toe moccasins; and you can probably modify them into moccasins by just opening the top seams and stitching them back up in the pucker toe pattern; which would pull the leather tighter front to back and down onto your foot.

Shoes! Edit: Such a cool end result! I’m very impressed by all the effort you put into the soles!

Great project, Maddie! Besides giving you an even seam allowance to follow when punching the stitch holes on the sole, the groover also lets the thread sit into the leather a bit, so it won't wear so quickly from being walked on.

A suggestion for getting the shape of the bottom of your foot would be to spray the bottom lightly with watter and step onto a piece of paper.

Oh no, she's discovered chairs! This power will definitely go to her head....and I'm totally here for it.

I just wanted to add that a groover is used mainly to inlay thread which is good for a bottom of a shoe as it'll keep the thread from rubbing up against the ground, You can use a wing divider for simply marking out or keeping a line

As much as I enjoy watching Clever, its nice to see someone who has little experience with leather so I can relate. LOL. Also, your hair is glorious! I love the little ringlets at the end and I'm a fan of red hair. My sister has red hair so it reminds me of her. I know that is unrelated to the project. I've been trying to figure out how to make leather shoes/boots without a shoe last for awhile now. Those shoes are so cute and they look comfy.

You did almost everything right except adding too much seam allowance. Well done! For the next pair of shoes, I recommend the following: 1) Make the sole out of 3 or 4 very strips of tape that are close to the width of your foot, but an inch or two longer than your foot's length. Add several pieces of tape in a star-burst pattern around it that can be brushed UP onto your foot from your sole. Set this aside for later. 2) When you put on the sock, add the insole cushion and settle it so it's comfortable. 3) Crumple up a piece of note paper until it's soft like fabric. Use a corner to represent the toe of the shoe and drape the paper over the arch and toe of your foot to mimic the vamp of most shoes. You may need to cut the excess off to fit around your ankle, or can fold it out of the way. 4) Once you're happy with how the paper covers the top of your foot, trace around the base where it meets the insole and cut out the shape 5) Set the sole tape from step 1 on the floor and step firmly onto the middle, then drape the paper back over the top of your foot and start brushing the side-pieces of tape UP onto the paper and sock material until the sole is secured to your foot. 6) Finish taping the rest of your foot like you did in this video. Draw the lines where you want to make the cuts BUT - only cut down the top far enough to slide your foot out of the pattern! This will tell you how far up you can sew before making it impossible to pull on the shoe. 7) Sew together like you did in the video, but I recommend sewing on a very thin piece of leather for the sole first, then glue that to the heavier sole leather. This makes it easier to resole later if needed. Good luck, and Have Fun!

Really cool seeing you guys swap out on making videos from time to time. Hope to see more blacksmithing!

That sole leather is best punched with a drill press. If you don’t have one a power drill is a good substitute. Use the punch to mark where the holes need to be- hit just hard enough to leave an indelible mark for the drill bit to center on. Way easier on your hands. A 1/16 inch bit will be perfect. Anything smaller is too prone to breaking. Use good fat waxed thread to sew the sole on to the sides, the other seams can be done with finer thread.

Absolutely incredible! Maddy out here shoeing feet! Safe and warm for adventurin!

If you sewed the sole inside out you could turn the whole thing inside out an hide the seams on the inside so it looks neat and finished.

Very nice project! You might try cutting your pattern get it to go from a 3D to a 2D. I would have tried suede first, or a thinner none stretchy leather for the uppers. You can always make it larger a line it with the wool as a warmer sock. I love the padded inserts to get the sizing right! Very clever! Great video!

This is just an idea for anyone who wants to use a shoe like this in snow or ice for grip. Get a fabric-based (backed) hard-wearing sandpaper cut out the same shape as the soul of the shoe but a bit smaller. coat it in resin and let it dry flat with an appropriate UV sours. Attach to the shoe with contact cement. use a large grit sandpaper. larger grit can be added if kneaded before the resin coating. Do not use/wear on wood floors as you will ruin them.

A thought that may help with sole making, step in a very shallow pan of water that only just dampens where your foot touches the ground then step on a sheet of paper, newspaper works so does printer paper but I haven’t tried it with poster board yet (I do not think construction paper would work because it’s too porous, some newspaper is pushing it), and then you have a nearly perfect outline of your foot. Actually some professional shoemakers use this technique (some will instead send you a foam mold that you step in and send back for perfectly bespoke shoes.)

I love it! And I'd like to see another one on shoes too. DIfferent material, different style, whatever!

Yay! Maddie finally has a chair! I have two fums and the orange one is my fave. I live in Florida and we have had a lot of rain recently. Now I know why. Kit is in the state.

Whee! Good job, Madi! Very Kit-like, but also very you. Fun project, and I think they turned out great for your first try.

shearing where you are stitching helps with alignment and a more a better seal

Enjoy using the chair for a change! Nice work on the shoes!

excellent work. Couplw of tips I picked up. A dremel is fabulous for sanding edges, soles and (if you are less than careful sides of your fiinger). Becareful with adjusting the shoe as when I 'took in' a few places that felt loose I discovered that a) its a lot less adjustment than you think and b) you cant get the damn things on anymore if you tweak too much. A woven lace can sometimes fix the loose feeling better than cutting a pattern down. That all said you did great and hope you get a break somewhere warm with drinks with umbrella's in them

@markvaughan7530

Ай бұрын

As an alternative to making the shoes a bit smaller, you can simply wear 2-3 pairs of socks to get the perfect fit. Especially if one of the pairs is a thick sock.

I recommend getting a good pair of leather shears!!! They’re so much easier than box cutters!

If you have gummy contact cement, you can buy the solvent "Methylethylketone" from the auto section and add it by the tablespoon until you get the proper consistency again. That's what they replace turpentine with.

This actually came at a perfect time, I'm almost done my medieval soldier LARP outfit and I just need the shoes, so this is really gonna help.

Awesome video. Whenever I get the idea of building something you put a video out about it. I'm looking forward to clevers last making video so much now.

I have been learning more about shoes than I ever thought I would the last two weeks.

@nightfall3605

Ай бұрын

Nicole Rudolph next! Professional shoe maker and excellent teacher. Morgan Donner also has a one-off about making medieval shoes.

The simplest boot to make is a 2 piece boot. I have a pair of custom 2 piece cowboy boots that are really nice. They are simple yet can be dressed up to be anything you want. It does require a bit of work to mold the front part yet it can be done. The stitch work would be simple and easy for anyone to make. It also allows someone to line them as well. Build layers to make them stand up or be stronger. Several layers with or with out heels. Dive in to some boot making material to give you ideas. The only problem that one is going to have is the molding of the front half of the boot which will be the fun part I think. I have a pile of scrap leather that I am considering doing something with. Nothing has sparked my fancy yet. I also have a huge roll of fake leather which I am considering making a couple of bags that I have seen in your videos.

You did a great job Maddie! Love your presentation and delivery style… watch out Clever, there’s a new sheriff in town 🤣🤣🤣.

keep trying your best in what ever you make!

Home made Uggs still better than store bought Uggs. Also these shoes are pretty similar to extent examples of footwear from colder climates dated to anywhere between like. Forever ago and the 15-1600s. Mukluks are another footwear that is comparable in material and construction that is still made by hand and used today!

I did NOT expect that intro. 😂

great video! next shoes i make shall be fuzzy! you did good Maddie. glad you got to make somethiing.

Honestly there needs to be a skill tree video where they make Madi a chair, or possibly a throne.

Hi Madi Nice to see Clever out of the frame for once xD Regarding the shoes. I've noticed you had them on barefoot (or a trainer sock) and the shoes being made with leather with hair on I would have imagined they are probably a tad bit too warm for late spring to early autumn use, more the other half of the year, so with the addition of warm socks ect. I think they might be more fitting as you'll have the extra material from socks. All in all, it does seem like a cool little and very functional project. Kudos to you.

Madi! Those shoes are amazing!

I've used the inserts and cut them to size and used that as a pattern for the sole since they are already shaped like a foot

Before taking them in at the back, I would try adding a few stitches to the front, I think a lot of the looseness might be coming from the front being a little too open.

Oh this was the exact thing I was thinking of making next so the video is perfect! I do want to mention though that if you ever have to cut leather that thick again you would struggle with the knife but there are large leather shears that might be easier on your hands (basically super, I'm not playing around any more scissors lol). I have a bad thumb so it really helped me out! I have a buddy who uses cordless shears from Makita that's for carpet but don't know if that's Overkill or not.

That shoe looks so cool and comfy!

I love ur channel even more so when the content is more beginner orientated.

Great job!! That's something I got to learn how to make!

Nicole Rudolph has some great instructional videos on making historical shoes. I think she designs them as a side hustle but I'm not sure if I'm remembering that right.

@annie4424

Ай бұрын

I was just going to recommend her channel! She has some really good information on both modern and historical shoemaking that’s really helpful.

@luvnotvideos

Ай бұрын

I would agree, but she uses lasts, which are a bit advanced compared to this. Perhaps look up Master Bohemond of the SCA. He has several excellent video tutorials for measuring and taping patterns for this simple style of construction. Edit to add link: kzread.info/dash/bejne/lmiu16Snj6jJaLA.html

I'd recommend using Shoe-goo as the glue to assemble it. the only negative is that you need to let it sit for a couple days after gluing stuff together.

Great job for being your first pair. Im a viking renactor i make leather turnshoes semi professionally. Some of the techniques you did are correct. I recommend to use saddle skirting for your soles. About the same thickness but more softer to bend and cut. When i saw you cutting into it i literally felt your pain.

I'm going to a ren faire next month and plan on making some simple turn shoes. I originally planned on some more complicated boots, but considering most of my leatherworking experience has been small bags and belts I opted for a simpler solution

That's a cool project. Might have to try it. Abs you were grate Matty.🎉

Great job Madi! Oh, and your shirt is very clever 😂

That was awesome! Thank you

ive been wondering about shoe soles for a while thankyou!

So when making shoes no seam allowance is the best because of the stretch for the leather. You did great. Learning is the key to being better

Decent slippers if you need them around the house

I made a pair of simoke shoes, more moccasin style so I didn't have to sew I was so lazy, i just riveted the sole on Works great

You can get thinner for the glue so that it doesn’t become useless.

Way to go Madi!

If it’s Barge Cement, that’s stuff does he thick and gummy, they make a barge thinner that works wonderfully to thin it out.

I go to a renaissance faire every year and I've been wanting to make my own turnshoes for years. Next year i plan to make everything I wear and go as a 10th century Viking merchant, which seems a little less daunting now

you did awesome madi

Yaay, more Madi! And she even took over the Chair (TM) from Kit! 🥳

Yay she's back!

GREAT JOB !!!

Since you guys are interested in footware, would you consider looking into waraji style rope sandals? I think they're super interesting and great for middle to far east style costumes, but there aren't any good tutorials on youtube.

Always good to see you do a video and those shoes look great might have to make some as gifts for people now lol

This is so cool!

I would add a thicl leather on the outside aswel to give ankle support

If you want a shoe that looks more "finished", do the stitching first with the smooth face of the leather together instead of the wooly side, then turn it inside out and glue to the sole.

8:18 Ah yes, I learned the hard way how painful extra thick leather is. I was making my first project with it, and I immediately went _"OH!_ THAT'S WHY PEOPLE TEND TO USE 5-6OZ" Honestly, if I can get away with it I just drill the holes

Great job on the shoes! Now you need to add some siping to the bottom so there is tread instead of just flat rubber. One wet linoleum floor and the rubber isn't going to help.

Nice job, Matty!!!😊

Last leather shoes I made I put the soles rough side down to add traction.

Way to go Madi!!! That was an awesome job on the shoes. You need to kick CI3ver to the editing desk more often so you can level up your skills. Keep leveling up you .......

Great job Madi. Going to look into making a pair for me. None of my bought shoes fit right as I have a permanently swollen left foot and ankle. So a shoe to fit my left is too big on the right (even though my right foot is bigger length wise)

Love the shoes +1 to clever doing editing more often

I’m going to try this with rabbit pelts!

@SkillTree

Ай бұрын

It would be very similar!! Rabbit is a little thinner, both with finer fur and thinner skin. But they also tend to be cheap and easy to come by. If I were to make shoes of them, I might consider some fabric for the outside, using the rabbit fur as the liner.

@ShisaAi

Ай бұрын

@@SkillTree oh what a good idea! I wanted to make them for my elf outfit so that would work cuz I could use green fabric and maybe embroidery

Madi good job for your first pattern awesome problem solving!

14:26 you can fake a saddle stitch by starting and ending at the same point, by doing a running stitch (- - - - - - ), and once you reach the end, instead of tying it off, you then go back doing the other stitches (------ - - ), making it look like a regular saddle stitch. Now someone looking closely (and who know what they are doing) can spot the difference, but at arm length, it is difficult to see.

First the chair, now the socks soon it will be all yours Madi! Great work on shoes too❤

Yeah another Maddie video❤

Madi fan club!!!!!!

"It's mine and I love it" is Maddy's "and look at how cool that looks"

I'd recommend looking at the channel of Nicole Rudolph for shoemaking tips and tricks, she makes historical shoes and used to work with American Duchess on historical footwear.

Good job!

We need more crafting videos with her. Clever is too advanced. We need more simpler videos with her since she’s still kind of a noob. Im actually going to try this tomorrow