My book for beginners has everything you need to start making your own shoes: Information on tools + materials, leather terminology, sourcing, basic steps for both sandalmaking and shoemaking, 14 step-by-step projects, and traceable patterns for all the projects! Also includes sections on making your own patterns, making shoes for friends, shoemaker bios, folk shoes, and my own story of how I started making footwear.

Please feel free to share your work with me once you’ve completed a pair! @rachelseessnailshoes

THE SANDALMAKING WORKSHOP was published by Storey in 2021.

When a book is purchased here without other materials, I will ship it media-mail so it may take a little longer than other bookseller platforms.