15th C. Turn Welt Shoes for Sarah


These are a pair of turn-welt shoes that I made for the very lovely Sarah Goodman =) They’re standard turn shoes, and like many turn shoes, there is a rand (a thin strip of leather) between the upper and the sole. However, in this case, the rand is not trimmed off after turning – instead, another sole is stitched onto it to make the sole more resistant to wear. Additionally, I can simply re-sole the shoes without any turning if the soles wear down. I want to make all my later medieval shoes like this!