The Cobbler and the Milliner
A few weeks back, one of our actors came into the shop shoe in hand. His new puppy had discovered his daughters favorite pair of vintage suede booties and turned them into a vintage chew toy. Before picking his daughter up from school that day, before he broke her the news, he wanted to see if anything could be done to repair or recreate them.
The following Monday the mangled suede awaited my arrival on the craft table with a note and his number. I don't get complete shoe projects very often. Usually I'm limited to changing their laces, repainting them or adhering dance rubber to the sole for more grip. But it was simple. And a lot of fun. Now the lucky girl has a brand new pair of blue suede shoes.
I'm kind of curious how popular they would be if I fine tuned the pattern and put a few pairs up on Etsy (my current listing all expired with no sales...that's a wee bit depressing). How much would you be willing to pay?
Our current show FINALLY brought about a hat more challenging than the 30's cloche-esque projects asked of my for the last three shows. Oh, this show had one of those as well...a replica of Pamela's hat from 39 Steps. Though I believe the original hat was felt, not straw.
This one was a vampish buckrum frame covered in black silk gabardine. ..a la Gloria Swanson in Music in the Air. I'm amazed at how well it turned out.
I do truly love my job!
The following Monday the mangled suede awaited my arrival on the craft table with a note and his number. I don't get complete shoe projects very often. Usually I'm limited to changing their laces, repainting them or adhering dance rubber to the sole for more grip. But it was simple. And a lot of fun. Now the lucky girl has a brand new pair of blue suede shoes.
I'm kind of curious how popular they would be if I fine tuned the pattern and put a few pairs up on Etsy (my current listing all expired with no sales...that's a wee bit depressing). How much would you be willing to pay?
Our current show FINALLY brought about a hat more challenging than the 30's cloche-esque projects asked of my for the last three shows. Oh, this show had one of those as well...a replica of Pamela's hat from 39 Steps. Though I believe the original hat was felt, not straw.
This one was a vampish buckrum frame covered in black silk gabardine. ..a la Gloria Swanson in Music in the Air. I'm amazed at how well it turned out.
I do truly love my job!
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1 Comments:
Wow am I ashamed to admit I haven't been keeping up on your blog. And so much going on! If you're sad about your Etsy sales, would you be interested in a commission, say something nautical and Nelsonish? There are so many ways to poke fun at the immortal memory, I'm sure you'd have a good time.
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