Custom Renaissance Boots » Slippers http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com Made to order footwear for Renaissance Faires, SCA, fantasy and science fiction fans Mon, 23 Jan 2012 21:42:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Polishing Renaissance Slippers, LOR Mockup http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/12/polishing-renaissance-slippers-lor-mockup/ http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/12/polishing-renaissance-slippers-lor-mockup/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:30:25 +0000 admin http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/?p=86 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 [...]]]> 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 keeps the polish from smearing onto the under lay.

The strider prototype is ready for it’s fitting. Pedro was the one who tackled the pattern and he usually nailed it on the first try. I’ll see tomorrow.

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]]> http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/12/polishing-renaissance-slippers-lor-mockup/feed/ 0 Designing Boots for Both an Elizabethian Woman and an 18th Century Pirate http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/08/designing-boots-for-both-an-elizabethian-woman-and-an-18th-century-pirate/ http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/2009/08/designing-boots-for-both-an-elizabethian-woman-and-an-18th-century-pirate/#comments Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:58:55 +0000 admin http://www.customrenaissanceboots.com/?p=16 The challenge is to design a pair of pirate boots that can be worn with Renaissance garb at SCA  events,  Renn Faires, and at Pirate events. Jumping two centuries with one pair of boots! In addition the woman is a vendor at those events and needs to be on her feet all day making comfort [...]]]> The challenge is to design a pair of pirate boots that can be worn with Renaissance garb at SCA  events,  Renn Faires, and at Pirate events. Jumping two centuries with one pair of boots! In addition the woman is a vendor at those events and needs to be on her feet all day making comfort the primary goal. We are starting with a translation of a pair of 16th century French slippers to model the toes after, then adding a boot top with cuff details to match the toe. The idea being that the toe will peak out from under her skirts and look like a fancy slipper and the boots can have pants tucked into the top for a swashbuckling pirate wench. The mock up is on it’s way for a fitting and critique. We’ll see if we scored in a couple of days.

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