I Made Downton Abbey Shoes by Hand!

I Made Downton Abbey Shoes by Hand! | 1920's Shoe-Making

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I recently finished making a pair of "Downton Abbey" inspired 1920's shoes by hand! Join me on the daunting, fun, and at times terrifying journey! Making these Downton Abbey, 1920's shoes by hand involved:
*Finding a historical inspiration shoe to model from
*Finding and building up a 1920's shaped shoe last to fit me
*Making the 1920's shoe pattern
*Stitching the uppers
*Carving wooden high heels
*Lasting the shoes
*And much more!
I will also share a horrific incident that happened during the hand making of these "Downton Abbey" shoes, and how (or if!) I was able to fix it!
Would you ever try making historical shoes, or any shoes at all? Watch the video, and then tell me what you think below!
👠 My previous shoe-making videos:
1820's Boot Making - • 1820's Shoe Making (By...
Victorian Chelsea Boots - • I Made Boots! | Victor...
Victorian Ballet Flats - • Making Victorian Balle...
My first pair of shoes - • I Made Shoes! | Beginn...
Original 1922 inspiration shoe featured in the book "Footwear" from the School of Historical Dress:
bit.ly/3deehIP
The shoe-making textbook I used: "Bespoke Shoemaking" by Tim Skyrme
Nicole Rudolph's shoe-making video with the cardboard shank - • I Made Witchy Edwardia...
✍ Blog post for this video: bit.ly/3P5jIHh
Check out my brother Robert's new channel and video on leather boot maintenance:
bit.ly/3HeV8D7
📖 "Victorian Custom Corset-Making" Course: bit.ly/corsetcourse
I'm Katherine, and this channel documents my journey of creating a handmade, historically inspired wardrobe. Join me for sew-alongs, tutorials, corsetry, and even shoemaking!
Leave comments and questions below!
⏰ Time Stamps ⏰
0:00 - Introduction
1:13 - Shoe Last & Pattern
3:04 - Closing the Uppers
5:23 - Insole & Shank
6:46 - Lasting & Stiffeners
8:55 - A Horrendous Mess-Up
12:03 - Could I Fix it?
13:12 - Sole & Heels
15:44 - All Finished!
16:08 - Trying Them On
17:40 - How Do They Fit?
20:26 - Conclusion
🌐 My website: katherinesewing.com
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📖 "Victorian Custom Corset-Making" Course: bit.ly/corsetcourse
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@esperanzaochoa9726 4 ай бұрын

I love your 1920's shoe making video ! Thank you for sharing your progress. What a wonderful endeavor to recreate historical shoes.

@karenkayyen3361 Жыл бұрын

i love this type of heel. it's very stable and comfortable to walk in. if i could find like 3 pairs of these, i would ditch the flat doll shoes that have been affecting my back. this is beautiful work. thank you for sharing the mistakes too. crafting takes a lot of repetition so that you finally feel satisfied with the craft. beautiful👏👏👏

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment Karen! ☺️💕 I agree very much about the heels! American Duchess sells shoes with heels like these!

@angeliceyeez Жыл бұрын

Amazing, I love the shape of these shoes. I always wear a similar type shoe for work as the heal is comfortable but as with modern times, the front has a slight platform to it. My grandfather used to make shoes like this as a shoemaker in the village he was from in Cyprus. I never met him, but my mum would tell me stories of being in his shop helping him. My mum showed me how they made ‘shoe glue’ 😂 when I was little and we used it for crafts. From memory I think it was flour, water, lemon juice and salt, but I don’t remember the quantities. She would then cook it on the stove until it became very opaque and the same consistency of what you were using. I remember the satisfaction on my mums face ‘ shoe glue!!’ she would announce when it was done lol

@MP-cf8lw Жыл бұрын

You are awesome. Imagine being able to make shoes to fit your very own foot! I think its such a challenge yet worthy of it. Thankyou for sharing this with us, the whole project was so interesting!

@marysfairywear409 Жыл бұрын

What a badass project! I have never seen anyone make their own vintage shoes before, so this blew my mind. They are gorgeous. Good job:)

@cleopatra7715 Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine the feeling of slipping your feet in your HOMEMADE shoes for the first time after working on them. Awww. What a lovely video

@carolinesperidiao172 7 ай бұрын

Definitely feel your frustration when shoemaking goes wrong! My first pair of shoes went on almost perfectly, that is .. until I took it off the last and tried it on: it was way too big for me to wear 😂

@greyhaircrafter 5 ай бұрын

I forgot to remove the nails holding the insole onto the last. Couldn’t get the shoe off. Sat on floor and cried.

@hampurista 5 ай бұрын

@@greyhaircrafterSame here 😢oh yes, my very first shoes. Just straight to the bin. But now I am very aware, to where I place my nails and when to take them off

@user-ce8sg7sx4m 5 ай бұрын

Такая милая хрупкая женщина я просто в восторге умница и золотые ручки

@lisascenic Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your process for making these exquisite shoes. I’m looking forward to reading your blog. And thank you for your honesty. Sometimes the best lessons are the most painful ones. Your color matching is masterful, and clearly they part of the process was Gray Kitty Approved.

@candygarfield1479 Жыл бұрын

I thought I my head! Looking at a box of shoes I have that are destroyed on uppers and heels, but the soles AWESOME and fit my arches, or lack of, and are not made anymore. And I wondered if I could do this myself.. and here you are... I didn't even speak it out loud,. Same happened with your hair video. I commented same.. just a THOUGHT.. ANYWAY. I LEFT A COUPLE PAIR IN MY CAR WHEN IT WAS VERY HOT, AND DIDNT FIND TILL IT GOT VERY COLD. so they've fallen apart. But the soles are still. Perfect. And I wondered!!! In my head, if I can find a way to recreate the shoes. The style fits. I'm a dancer and I buy my shoes for that.. the perfect hieght and sole that doesn't stick as so many are rubber now.. not leather or poly. 2 to 4 inch heels. These two happen to be from "MUDD" AND are not a tight pointed toe or tight pointed extended .. So this video popping up ... Tells me.. YES,, YOU CAN! I HAVE A moccasin ship that sells leather scraps.. they are different thicknesses, types, and I used a thick one to resolve my moccasins.. ( grounding, I'd I'm not barefoot, I wear leather soles shoes. Old ones because they are hard to find. Even reservation products lately are using a rubber sole.. which I ripped off this pair of moccasins.. to put new leather sole. ( Honestly, I'm very surprised indigenous shoes have rubber soles) grounding is prevented through runner)

@jonhope1204 3 ай бұрын

Heating helps with covering heel - blocks 🙂

@MsChicoro Жыл бұрын

Kitty cat pass @13:00 minutes was a great highlight of this already fabulous video!

@sallyanngrisolia4876 Жыл бұрын

All I can say is WOW!

@lupitat6698 Жыл бұрын

I have a pic of my great aunt ( my maternal grandfather’s sister wearing a very similar pair of shoes )

@Mihaela71100 Жыл бұрын

You should be very proud of your self Katherine. You are so skilled and talented. I am absolutely mind blown of this amazing job you did. Those shoes look so beautiful and sofisticated, and you did such a professional job. One would never guess that they are home made and not professional. Thank you for sharing. You are an inspiration.

@gmltruth Жыл бұрын

They are really beautiful.

@laurajackson6860 Жыл бұрын

Awww. I've always viewed mistakes as my springboard of inspiration. Seems like that helped you too! Thank you for sharing this incredibly helpful video! 👠In the end, what an extraordinary accomplishment! You should be very pleased!

@ritathacker3032 4 ай бұрын

Would live a pair of shoes like this.Hopegully can get someone to make them for me...

@jonhope1204 3 ай бұрын

You are so talented!

@LynneC44 Жыл бұрын

I am in awe of your patience & craftsman ship!!! Beautiful shoes!

@linak7155 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Are you for real? You are a genuinely artistic/ creative/ hands on / resourceful young woman! I was looking for videos on how to grow long hair n came across ur latest. Thank you! 🌹

@CRRBennett Жыл бұрын

The shoes turned out beautiful.

@maveybabyMD 7 ай бұрын

Well done what a skill!

@olgabonfa1644 7 ай бұрын

Восхищаюсь вами!

@TheLillipuss Жыл бұрын

That work was absolutely worth it, those shoes are stunning! 😍🥳🥰

@CeylonDiamonds Жыл бұрын

You have amazing talent, wooow, I would've never thought one could just decide to make a pair of shoes, like you do, love this style and colour..❤️

@sarah-the-dog-lover Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@rosipm101 Жыл бұрын

Very nice. Very Very nice.

@AMERICAN.MADE.GOODS2020 Жыл бұрын

So awesome, love the information you've provided and your shoes are 🤌 love it

@MyClarissa21 Жыл бұрын

So beautiful!!!!

@WanderTrust Жыл бұрын

they turned out so well!!

@lenorecordesrealtor4666 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing the journey of creating these beautiful shoes! I am so impressed, you are a wonderful artist and the shoes are stunning!

@cpteem1041 5 ай бұрын

Wow..😮😮😮speechless..🎉🎉🎉

@rulu3345 Жыл бұрын

fascinating!

@bowerbirdstyle7661 Жыл бұрын

Wow! I am so impressed! These are stunning.

@Magalys1958 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow! I’m amazed! Those are perfect!

@choschiba-music Жыл бұрын

Absolutely incredible. They look so comfortable.

@kimberlybibby8366 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely beautiful your amazingly talented ❤️

@cindystechschulte1487 Жыл бұрын

How the heck do u find a last the shape of your foot.? I have very narrow feet and would love great fitting shoes. Real leather of coarse.

@GiGiRenea Жыл бұрын

So interesting!

@CRRBennett Жыл бұрын

amazing! How cool this is. love the shoe. I had no idea nor any thought about making your own shoes. :) Very interesting!

@mercimacckk4264 Жыл бұрын

Wowwww I love love love this video! As a fashion designer I love making clothes but I admire some that makes shoes! Great job!!! I can't wait to see another video!🥰

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment Merci! 💕

@esperanzaochoa9726 4 ай бұрын

Fabulous hand carved Louis heel you made! What type of wood did you use? please make a video explaining your process.

@KatherineSewing 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I used basswood as it is easy to carve, though ideally a harder wood would be used for a heel. I appreciate your interest in this topic!

@mardibits1299 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful project. Stunning😍

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! 😆

@michelemilne9612 Жыл бұрын

The proportions and lines are so lovely.🌿

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you! ☺️

@NonsoloPilates Жыл бұрын

Bravo! Vicky D'Incecco quality, outstandig. Thank you for sharing.

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Vicky has and continued to me a massive inspiration to me, so that is a great compliment 💕

@adrienneyt2250 Жыл бұрын

That’s amazing. You have a gift…

@saraneufeld312 Жыл бұрын

Coolest thing ever.

@VivianeHessel-sh3wm 7 ай бұрын

Boa noite ficou impecável lindo sapato.

@karinbaird2499 Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 😍❤️

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🥰

@cindystechschulte1487 Жыл бұрын

Wow....

@marielandry1805 Жыл бұрын

Wow superbe work! Remember that it’s alright doing mistakes means we are learning and that’s great! Why do simple , when you can do it complicated! Lol the simple way here, is to buy them already made for you 😉 keep on doing the great work !

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! That is so very true! I am very much a "do it the complicated way" kind of maker 🥰

@roxannlegg750 Жыл бұрын

WHOA...I wish I could make a pair. With everything else i do - I just cant move onto shoes, esp with the limited energy i have. Can i ask...what book did you show there...the first one, not the one you referenced. i DEF want that book. I do have a local shoe maker, who quoted me about $600 for a pair...if I can save up and get her to make themn I will. Stunning.

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your lovely comment Roxann! 💕 The book is "Footwear" from the School of Historical Dress. I will put the link in the description ☺️

@cindystechschulte1487 Жыл бұрын

How the heck do you get it all off the last at the end?

@MiladyMeowMeow-bf7nk 8 ай бұрын

I would love more information on your shoe making machine! Would you mind letting me know what kind it is, where you got it, and how much something like that costs? Many many thanks in advance!!

@KatherineSewing 7 ай бұрын

Yes for sure! It is called a post bed sewing machine. I am in Canada and so ordered one from a Canadian supplier. The brand and model of my post bed machine is an Adler 888, but there are less expensive versions of post bed sewing machines, like the Consew or Artisan brands. Hope this helps ❤

@MiladyMeowMeow-bf7nk 7 ай бұрын

Thank you soooooo much for the reply!!!!!

@cindystechschulte1487 Жыл бұрын

Big question...r they comfortable Do they strike the ground right for you

@harxmoond Жыл бұрын

They look lovely on you and I love your comments at the end about its fit. I have a question about foot size, I tend to wear wide women modern shoes, is this anywhere close to yours? Finding pretty shoes that fit is pretty darn hard and have wanted to make my own but most people that have videos have regular or narrow feet.

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! 💕 My feet are about a 9C in women's modern shoe sizes- on the wider and larger side! The great thing about shoemaking is that you can completely customize the size of your shoes- either by buying shoe lasts in your proper width, or, if that isn't available, "building up" a too narrow shoe last with strips of leather glued on. ☺️

@harxmoond Жыл бұрын

@@KatherineSewing Oh. Okay. Thanks. I can fit into mediums but I have to go up a whole size for it to fit and going to the specialty shoe store is a drag. I tend to only buy and wear tennis shoes becasue of lack of selections.

@divineangelic2727 Жыл бұрын

Hi Love the shoes I wish someone would make them again how about you ..either personal orders or mass production love the time period long hair who knew we were all caring for our hair wrong thank for great suggestions

@heathersherwood3361 Жыл бұрын

Do you ever making shoe making courses??

@petebartlett2229 Жыл бұрын

How many hours did they take to make?

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Probably 50-60 hours, including the time building up the last, making the pattern, and carving the heels.

@coffeewithmia7498 10 ай бұрын

You’re so beautiful!

@slivinghomewares1975 Жыл бұрын

Can i order size 11 womens shoes of this style im in New Zealand

@TheWorldisaLIE2 Жыл бұрын

unicorn

@breadstick1937 Жыл бұрын

How have you learned to make shoes?! Or where?!

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

Self taught, books and online material, and a lot of trial and error!

@breadstick1937 Жыл бұрын

Amazing! 👏

@sanpaorzan2052 Жыл бұрын

Para mí parecer me gustan los zapatos antiguos o los que ya pasaron de moda a ver los zapatos de hoy que no me gustan por qué algunos zapatos son feos y lo llaman tendencia a mí me gusta lo normal .

@KatherineSewing Жыл бұрын

I agree! Thanks for your comment!

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