A Christmas Boot - Hooray!

After extensive reverse engineering and six prototypes I proudly present The Boot. Now modifications have been made to create a more durable, more pleasing boot. The original boot was made from felt with heavy batting glued around the outside. Something that could be made in an hour or less, a quick craft, then the empty can was dropped inside. I created a liner for the boot to conceal the can. The boot laces and has fake fur around the outside, only messy while you are sewing with it, and true to the original has a cardboard cut out from a cereal box as the base of the boot. The toe is stuffed with batting until firm. So for my Steve, Merry Christmas, it only took 11 years.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!
I feel like I need to put this up before it's too late. I'm buried under Christmas projects right now, so i'll start posting those soon. This is one of the wall hangings fron the wall hanging of the month club. The Thanks part is tricky, you can fold it back and not have it showing if you wish. Clever - I know. Still, I have much to be thankful for so here's a great big THANKS to everyone.

A #10 Can in A Christmas Boot

Steve has been asking for a boot for Christmas for years. Apparently in his family they all had them growing up. This year I decided to tackle the project. So having never seen one, and with only a few things to go on - like it's red, has a toe, and a big can is inside I set out to create one. I stared with the green boot and Steve said it had more of a toe. Then I made the red one, which certainly has more toe, but again, not quite right, He said the toe wraps around. So, after some searching I came across a pattern that I hope is closer, although it eliminates the nifty lining for the can that I created. If the look is right, i'll rework the pattern so that it satisfies me and Steve's memories. Let me know what you think, does anyone (other than the great MT) have one of these Christmas boots? Also, i've stopped using Christmas fabric for my prototypes, i'm saving it for when I get this right.