![]() ![]() Soling – A bottom sole is not necessary, but of course having an additional layer of protection under foot will result in a longer-lasting shoe. Leather or felt – These can be made from thrift store goods, 3-4 ounce/square foot purchased leather, 2 mm commercial wool felt, felted wool coats or blankets, or hand-made felt. They might need to be lined with the same or similar leather. And, they will be locally made, with your good energy. This shoe is totally ecological if you make it from leather items from thrift stores, and if you use non-toxic cements. Please see my video for making custom side-seam moccasins at: Compare it to “minimalist” shoes that are advertised as being great to have on cruises when you want to change out of your painful stilettos – and they cost $175.00 – these could be made for free! When you add a street-sturdy sole to it, you have a “moccashoe” that’s wearable as you go out the door. These would make great “earthing” shoes if you add a leather sole – or none.Įven though this is a moccasin design, it’s not just for wearing to shuffle around the house. You’re done! A lace or a leather thong around the topline can gather the moccashoe close to your foot. Stitch a bottom sole on, stitch the body of the moccasin to the flap, and stitch the heel. Miller shows the side seam moccasin on an Indian in one of his paintings and shows a hard soled moccasins or boot in Plate 50 of “ The West of Alfred Jacob Miller“.This might be the easiest way ever to make a great-looking shoe! This “moccashoe” is composed of one piece, with a flap that folds over the foot. If you were to get your moccasins from western Indian tribes you probably got side seams of this style or a two piece hard sole moccasin. Even if they had to make new moccasins while on the trip it is reasonable to assume they would follow the pattern of their existing items with which they were familiar and comfortable. Louis they may have brought clothing and gear from back home rather than trade from the Indians. Antoine, Pierre, Auguste and Jean are all described as being French-Canadians or Canadians. From my study, I believe Miller shows the pucker toe because most of Stewart’s party were French-Canadians. Rex Allen Norman in his 1837 sketchbook questions the depiction of pucker toe moccasins by Miller, as does Landry and Chronister in their article about mountain clothing from the Book of Buckskinning Vol.VII. According to the map on pucker toe and center seam moccasins were used by the tribes in the north-east and south-east parts of North America, most tribes west of the Mississippi used a side seam or two piece with a hard sole. These were common in the Great Lakes area and parts east. Alfred Jacob Miller portrays his subjects as wearing pucker toe or Ojibwa style moccasins. Over the course of a year, until the next rendezvous, that averages to less than three weeks of use per pair! I hope mine last a little longer than that. Alfred Jacob Miller described the mountain men leaving rendezvous as having “twenty pairs of moccasins” packed in their gear. These were the most common style of moccasins in the Rocky Mountain west. Here are a pair of side seam moccasins, I made recently. ![]()
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