pond_ripple's Fabric Blog

Here are the embroidery patterns that I created to go on my ren faire boots . Feel free to use them on any of your personal projects. Selling anything made from them would probably be a copyright headache since they come from combining other people's images so please don't do that. lol. Flying Deer Celtic knotwork Stags Here are the Christmas Ornaments that I used as my guide for the stags. And this is the eagle photo  I used to put wings on the first deer. This isn't the exact image I used, but it's very similar for the knot beneath the deer.

This pair of suede boots was one of the major projects that made up my renaissance faire outfit. It was my first time making shoes of any kind, but they still turned out fabulous and warm! I had a lot of inspiration that went into the final design and I put it all together in a pinterest board  that is still growing.  The main sources that influenced the final design: This pattern was the initial pair of boots that I was going to make, but I have very short legs and wide width feet. That would have basically meant distorting the pattern and doing a load of trial and error to get them to fit, but the simple turnshoe and tongue style were something I did want to incorporate in my finished shoe. So I looked around online to see how to make a boot that actually fit an individual person's foot. This tape mold method was the way that sounded the best to me to get a custom fit while still hanging on to the style of the first boot pattern I liked. And I pick...