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My sister and her family made a trip east and stopped at Mt Vernon. She took pictures of the shoes displayed with the portrait of Martha as a young woman. Not at all what I expected her to look like. The shoes are wonderful. the picture will go in my reference file. One of these [...] I’m always surprised when someone asks how to take care of their new boots and slippers. We use the same kind of materials that any good shoe manufacturer uses. So: Polish with a good quality wax or cream polish and buff. If you have an unusual color, a neutral color wax will give the shoe protection. If [...] While I was cleaning up my shoes after the Escondido RennFaire, I thought I’d pass along a tip for working around those cutouts. I cut a piece of blue painters tape the shape of the slash and cover the underlay with it. I work around the holes with a Qtip and then buff. The tape [...] Making the assumption that the footwear that has survived to become part of museum collections may be because it didn’t fit well, wasn’t a favorite pair, didn’t look like the wearer wanted, in short was a dog left sitting at the bottom of a closet, I feel that one could get creative about the detailing [...] Ran into Paul at Great Western War. His new Elizabethan shoes had started to give him blisters and wondered if we could solve the problem. I asked to take them with me after the event and we’d fix the problem. When the shoes were brought by camp, I found a new pair of Dr. Scholls [...] |
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