boredom buster mini moccasin

[walkswithnomoccasins]

I am house sitting for my folks at the moment and sadly they have far to many pet to risk porcupine quills. so i have started making a pair of baby/mini moccasins out of flank/belly offcuts. They are being made purely to stave of the boredom.once i get home they will be beaded and quilled. One of my reasons for making such a diminutive pair of moccs is that many 18th and early 19th century collections contain these small baby moccasins. even pairs i have viewed privately at the british museum are only at the largest about a uk adult 2-4 as a whole. This is a pucker toe style based upon huron/wyandot moccasins

 

[Man of Tanith]

Tidy stuff I like those

 

[HHazeldean]

Thats a very cool little moccasin! Is it one of a pair or a one-off? Thanks for sharing

 

[walkswithnomoccasins]

will be one of a pair hhazeldean. The toe section will be decorated with zigzag and single line quillwork with quill wrapped drops which will have tin cones and deer hair. then the flaps will also be decorated with blanket stitch beading and quillwork

 

[HHazeldean]

Woah that sounds pretty complex and detailed!! Is it a lot harder on something so small, or is there no real difference?

 

[walkswithnomoccasins]

its kinda swings and roundabouts. Its more fiddly working with smaller quills due to the stitches being a lot closer together due to quill width, but due to them being thinner they are far easier to manipulate.

 

[walkswithnomoccasins]

I also plan to do a few tutorials (maybe including video) for a few different types of moccs, both centre seam and pucker toe centre seam but also Tlicho moccasins (as seen on northern wilderness with Ray Mears) with buckskin foot sections and canvas legs They are also a vamped construction rather than 1 piece moccs as the centre seams

 

[ol smokey]

Really neat work. Reminds me of a set of Dentures that a colleague made years ago that would have fitted a cat. I really enjoy miniature creations. I made a miniature kayak years ago, built with a Balsa Wood frame and covered with Rag
Tissue then Doped, like a model aircraft. It was only about Six inches long, but looked real cute as you could see the frame through it. Long gone now however, I forget what happened to it. Good fun making it.