Maysa's Moccasins

What's The Story?

We named these little cuties after our daughter because we wouldn't be making them if it weren't for her.

When Maysa began pulling herself up and cruising around the furniture, I asked her pediatrician what kind of footwear she should be wearing. She told me that barefoot was best, but if Maysa had to wear shoes, find some with a soft, flexible sole.

This was much easier said than done. After an exhaustive search of area shoe stores yielded nothing of the sort, I resorted to catalog shopping. Again, nothing came close to fitting the description. I did remember seeing a pattern for a child's shoe in a trade magazine, so I hunted through back issues until I found it.

We then modified the pattern a bit and came up with these little shoes. They are sure cute and are fun to make. We have kept making them for friends and family and intend to turn the manufacture of them over to Maysa some day when she is old enough to make them herself.

Materials

The moccasin uppers are soft chap leather on most of the shoes. However, we have done a pair in black patent leather and a pair of basket stamped sandals. The soles are the same English bridle leather used in our headstalls and other leather products. However, we cut the shoe soles out of the softest part of the hide. That way they are comfortable on little feet while still strong enough to hold up when the little darling trots up and down the shale road. 

Pictures

Here are a few pictures of the moccasins. As you can see, they are available in a wide variety of colors and styles. Click on photos to enlarge.

 

	This is a wonderful selection of moccasins. We have a number of colors available and this picture shows both the open and closed toe styles.
	I made this pair and the ones below just to see if I could do inlays. They were fun, but challenging.
	I used several different punches to do the cut-outs on this pair and then inlaid the flower and stems with 2 different colors of leather.
	Tan baby shoes. Soft chap leather tops; English bridle leather soles. Size 3. $23
	White baby sandals decorated with colored leather flower overlays. Shy outdid herself with this pair. Soft chap leather tops, bridle leather sole. Size 2. $25

 

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