Leather Sandal Making | Rachel Corry | Crafter's Box

Leather Sandal Making Premium Workshop

Name: Leather Sandal Making Premium Workshop
SKU: PREM202105
Price: 260 USD
Availability: InStock

$260

Handcraft a custom pair of leather sandals to your design and style specifications, invest in making a pair of sandals that will last for years to come. This premium workshop, led by expert shoemaker Rachel Corry of Rachel Sees Snail Shoes, breaks the process into clear, simple and straightforward steps. The best part: when you’re finished, you can take the skills you learn and use them to build any sandal style again.

Under Rachel’s guidance, you’ll learn to create a simple slide style of sandal with an optional slingback. But no matter the sandal design, the making process is the same: patterns, cutting, draping, slots, taping, scratching, gluing, and sanding. This sandal making kit is perfect for discovering a new artform—and getting your wardrobe summer-ready.

This workshop includes:

Tools and materials to make a stylish pair of sandals
A detailed, digital workshop by Rachel Corry
A live and recorded Maker Chat Q&A for our community to join in creative conversation

The specialty tools and materials in our sandal making kit include:

Leather in your choice of color (natural, medium brown, chestnut or black) in two weights
Pair of soles
Pair of heel bases, in your choice of size
Heavy-duty cutting tool
Rotary hole punch
Awl
Ball pein hammer
Leather adhesive
Brass collar buttons
Iron clinching nails
Pencil
Black fine-tip Sharpie
Printer paper
Masking tape
Scissors
Smith’s All Natural Leather Balm
Horsehair shop brush
Antique brass double cap rivets
Self-healing cutting mat
Beige shoe lace
Natural brass center bar buckle
Patterns

Important Notes:

The chestnut leather is firmer than the natural, black and medium brown leathers. If you are brand new to working with leather, Rachel suggests starting with natural, black or medium brown leather as it’s a bit easier to work.
To finish your sandals, you will need a tabletop sander or can work with a local cobbler to sand and trim down the edges for a more smooth sandal. Be sure to plan your project timeline with this in mind.
Due to the oversized nature of this box, it does not qualify for any free shipping promotions.

Difficulty:: Beginner to Intermediate
Make Time:: A day plus
Kit Type:: Premium Workshop

Step 1: Choose Your Leather

If you are brand new to working with leather, Rachel suggests starting with the natural leather as it’s a bit easier to use and not as firm as the chestnut.

To learn more about Rachel and our Premium Leather Sandal Making Workshop, explore our Featured Maker Page.

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Step 2: Choose Your Heel Base Size

Now it's time to choose your own heel base size! Please select #8 for sandal sizes 5-8, #10 for sizes 8.5-11 or #12 for sizes 11.5 or larger.

To learn more about Rachel and our Premium Leather Sandal Making Workshop, explore our Featured Maker Page.

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RACHEL CORRY

LEATHER SANDAL MAKING

In her Leather Sandal Making workshop, Rachel Corry of Rachel Sees Snail Shoes will teach us every aspect of the sandal making process. Though the thought of handcrafting your own sandals may feel a bit intimidating at first, Rachel breaks the process into clear, simple and straightforward steps, empowering us to create footwear worth flaunting. In your workshop, Rachel teaches a simple slide style of sandal with an optional slingback. It’s simple to make any other style of sandal, even one of your own invention, with Rachel’s guidance.

We’ll first go over tools and materials and then get right into checking patterns against our own feet. No matter the sandal design, the making process is the same: patterns, cutting, draping, slots, taping, scratching, glueing, and sanding. Your hard work will pay off, and you will be ecstatic to go out and share your new shoes with the world.

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More About Our Artist: Rachel Corry

Rachel is an artist from California who currently resides in Portland, Oregon. Ten years ago she stumbled into sandal making by accident. A little apartment fire burned up nearly all her shoes (and luckily, little else). From the scraps that remained, Rachel kept a pair of singed sandals that had come apart and figured out how to make them by examining the layers. After a year of trial-and-error shoemaking for herself, she started her brand Rachel Sees Snail Shoes.

Rachel loves her light-filled studio space, her cat Basil, and sharing the joys of handmade footwear. With her new book The Sandalmaking Workshop Rachel hopes to get folks into making their own shoes again. She loves all the aspects that DIY footwear allow her: the designing, the making, the wearing, and the bragging rights!

We’re so excited to have you join us, Rachel.

Rachel Corry's
Podcast Interview

Share with us! The techniques and skills you learn in this workshop are completely interchangeable for all future botanical wreath designs your heart desires. The possibilities are ultimately endless and your creativity is the only limitation. We can’t wait to see the sandals you create! Be sure to share with us by tagging @thecraftersbox, along with our featured artist @rachelseessnailshoes and use #thecraftersbox so we can see (and share) all your amazing, inspiring work. Happy making with this fun hand-crafted workshop.