Join me for a private shoe making session, specifically geared toward making Mules! Mules are slides with a closed toe and open heel. They’re casual, chic, and fairly simple to make. My technique for making these is relatively quick compared to more traditional methods: We basically use a last (shoe form) to form the toe shapes and then assemble them as we would a sandal. It’s an easy enough process to replicate at home with a few small investments and no machinery.

During our 2 days together, we'll spend about 8-hrs designing, cutting, fitting, and building a pair of mules for your own feet. There are many variables to play with including material, toe shape, heel height, and color. Let me know what days work for you and we can set up times that work for us both. (rachelpeanutbutter@gmail.com)

This technique is great for those who need a wider, or narrower, fit than store-bought shoes can provide. We can achieve any width because everything is custom-made!

Day 1: designing, selecting lasts, making up patterns, choosing leather colors and textures, lining leathers, dying leather, shaping soles, shaping uppers, stacking heels, etc. Day 2: fitting uppers, scratching and gluing, midsoles or skiving, attaching heel/soles, edge finishing, nailing, adding laces and hardware.

Suggested workshop hours are about 4 hours one day and 4 hours the following day. When the class is larger than one person (like a group of 2 or 3) then things can take a bit longer.

$450 includes all materials and the 2 days of instruction. Price for a group can be reduced to $425 per person.

Making your own shoes can be an incredibly gratifying learning experience. I hope you can join me!

*Note: You may want to wear or bring easy on/off footwear for our day of working with your feet. You’ll be thankful you did! Also, if you require eye-glasses for seeing up-close, these can be handy to remember to bring because we will be doing some precision cutting.