Shoe Making courses?

**MissDee** · 12-12-2008 07:56 PM

Does anyone know of any shoe making courses? I mean pretty, special type shoes, mules and boots not normal workday ones.
I know when I researched into it a few years ago there was one in London. BUT I'm up North and it's too expensive to stay there for the length of the course.
So if there was a course up here I would love to go.....blending my two passions...making things and shoes/boots..!!! Does anyone know??
Jacqui

**Louise88** · 12-12-2008 09:20 PM

Ooh I don't know of any, but I will be watching this thread!

I love shoes

**debsjeans** · 12-12-2008 09:25 PM

Not sure.

I like shoes but don't think I have the fetish other women do with them I only own 4 pairs.

**Louise88** · 12-12-2008 09:29 PM

4!!!!!!!!!!

OMG!

Oh you poor thing, I'll send you some of mine, I've probably got 4 hundred pairs that you could have

**debsjeans** · 12-12-2008 09:33 PM

Ooops hope you haven't passed out from shock

**Louise88** · 12-12-2008 09:35 PM

Hee hee nearly, glad I was sitting down!

Last count I had 50+ pairs of shoes

**Critchley** · 12-12-2008 11:31 PM

Just a little reminiss for you. You must remember my mentioning (once or twice) Aged Aunt who lives with us part time. When I was a child she was forewoman in the Finishing Room of Equity Shoes in Leicester. Now she definately had a shoe fettish. You thought 400 was exagerating, not so and she only took a size 3 so me at 10 years old and with big feet well remember how I fitted into them all perfectly and spent many happy hours running round the streets of Braunstone in beautiful high heeled shoes of every shape and colour. She still has most of them in the attic. Couldn't throw them out.

**ElaineJ** · 13-12-2008 12:38 AM

Jacqui - De Montfort university (Leicester) do a degree course in shoemaking - they may do summer school or similar.

Carol - hang on to those, they're bound to be collectible.

**MissDee** · 14-12-2008 01:08 PM

Oh Elaine thanks so very much. I'll get onto that right now.
I don't have loads of shoes but the ones I do have I really do love them!!!!??
As children dad worked for himself and times were difficult in the seventies! He used to take us down to a cheap (very) shop and were bought shoes all for under a set price! A clue: my dad gave me a £5 to buy shoes and outfit in my early teens!!!!
So I buy unusual, QUALITY footwear. However they do last a long time..
Again thanks Elaine.
Jacqui.

**JABBY** · 15-12-2008 10:54 AM

Hi try this site. www.marywalesloomis.com

I also googled make your own shoes, and this came up with a variety of entries, si it may help you.

cheers
JOHN

www.jbwoodcraft.co.uk