Halloween Boots | MAKE SHOES WITH ME | Shoemaking Tutorial

There's three secret ingredients that make these witches' boots so special. 1. The Chunky Soles 2. The Hiking Laces 3. The VEGAN Leather The soles I bought on Etsy and I was so excited when I found them that I bought a pair in cream too. As you probably already guessed I am a bit of a craft addict and can spend hours on Etsy scrolling through finding new suppliers of cool things.. The main thing to consider when buying soles like this is, are they going to fit your lasts? More often than not the answer is no, not really… but does that stop me, hell no! I knew just by looking at these online that my lasts would be too narrow to fit this sole unit, so here’s what I did; I placed my last inside the sole unit and used scraps of veg-tan leather to build up the width of the lasts to fit the base of the sole unit. Once they fit together perfectly I could just follow my normal steps and make the boots. The great thing about getting sole units like this is that making the boots actually takes less time than usual because you don't have to make the soles.. You just make the boots as usual then glue the soles on at the end and you’re good to go! Ok, so let’s talk about the laces. I’ve been waiting to use these since 2018! I was given them as a gift by a lovely shoelace supplier on a buying trip in istanbul. I had bought a ton of normal shoelaces and just as I was about to leave he stopped me and said “I think you’ll like these too, my gift” and handed me a small plastic bag full