Moccasins III

After trimming and squaring off the back edges, a small tab is cut in the bottom fold. This gets clipped into a tiny swallow tail. The back seam is the same stitch as the center seam on the toe, but with a single thread. Since it starts at the bottom, it is almost never even […]

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Moccasins II

Back again. Here is the rounded toe gathered into 1/2″ folds and the gathers sewn together. The thread is doubled up for strength, and the holes are punched with a awl. Glover’s needles work too, if you don’t mind blood on your project. After the center seam is complete, the moc is wetted, stretched, and […]

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