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New mocs (FINISHED)
lebhuntfish:
Happy anniversary to you and yours Josh! Hope you two have a great weekend. Patrick
Pat B:
Happy anniversary Josh and Mrs. Gun Doc. 8)
Josh B:
Thanks fellas! We will certainly try to celebrate in style! Josh
Josh B:
I finally got a little time to work on this project. I got the extensions sewn on where I screwed up. I suspected that the extra stiffness from the repair was going to cause problems and it did. Not only is the extra stitching an eye sore, but it made it very difficult to form the moccasin to the back of the heel. I eventually got it to fit comfortably but it looks terrible. The next step is the tongue and laces. I first stitched the sole the rest of the way back to the tab. I then made a welt and stitched up the back of the moccasin. This is where the difficulties began. Normally, the leather is easy to shape into the heel cup with the stitches that attach the tab to the upper portion. That was not the case with this one. It fought me for an hour and still didn't shape up. When I get some more leather I'll make a proper pair. Thanks for following along so far. I'll show how I lace these and make the tongues when i get more time. Josh
Josh B:
The next step is the tongues. The tongues I'm making are a lot longer than is actually needed. All you really need is for the tongue to be long enough to keep the lace in the front from cutting into your ankle. Feel free to exercise your artistic license for this part. First I cut out the tongue to the shape I want and then I put a temporary stitch at each corner to hold it in place while I prick all the stitch holes. The tongue will overlap about 3/8" to 1/2". Just enough to make sure you have plenty of leather to stitch. I then prick all my stitch holes. Once that's done, I remove the temporary stitch at the corner where I intend to start the stitch. It's a good idea to cut out both tongues before you sew one on so you can make them match fairly close.
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