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Reply #30 - 21st Jul, 2017 at 10:05am
 
  Do you use a vise or similar tool to hold the shoe steady and stable when sequining?
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Reply #31 - 21st Jul, 2017 at 2:15pm
 
To answer your question, no, I don't use a vise, it will damage the sequins. If I need the shoe to be steady, I just hold it in one of my hand.




We are on the home stretch with this stunning pair of ruby slippers. There's still some more work to do on the heel, and around the top opening of the left shoe.

Nearly 5,000 sequins have been sewn directly onto the shoes with a normal straight needle. This is a high quality pair of ruby slippers made by one of the world's most experienced craftswoman.



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Beautiful ruby slippers is ninety percent finished

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Reply #32 - 22nd Jul, 2017 at 3:23am
 
Difficult to believe that sewing of sequins is done free-hand.

Can see, though, how a vise would damage the sequins. Which leads to the following question:

  Were the original Ruby Red Slippers also crafted in a "free-hand" style and manner?
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Reply #33 - 22nd Jul, 2017 at 3:44am
 
I'm using soft hands to sew every sequin and I'm not putting any pressure onto the shoe, therefore the shoe can be sewn without the aid of anything to hold it.

The original ruby slippers were most likely crafted the same way too.
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Reply #34 - 26th Jul, 2017 at 3:10pm
 
This beautiful pair of hand-sewn ruby slippers is finished. Crafted in Judy Garland's shoe size 5B by one of the world's top ruby slipper makers.

We'll add more photos tomorrow.



July 2017 project completed with Judy Garland's ruby slippers


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Reply #35 - 27th Jul, 2017 at 5:46am
 
A genuine handmade and hand-sewn product. Our work with this absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers is now complete and makes you feel a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction because it takes a lot of time and concentration to craft a pair.

These are an exact reproduction of the original ruby slippers as worn by Judy Garland as Dorothy in the Munchkinland scene, in 1939's The Wizard of Oz. This pair had longer heels and slimmer, pointy toes on the shoes than other known film-worn pairs of ruby slippers.

Our ruby slippers can be worn, they can be displayed, and they would attract people in any performance or museum or home.



Absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers


Absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers

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Absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers

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Absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers

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Absolutely stunning pair of ruby slippers

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Reply #36 - 29th Jul, 2017 at 9:47am
 
These final photos concludes our work with this stunning pair of ruby slippers in July, 2017.

A lot of hard work was put into this project, with so much focus and meditation through many weeks of sewing, and the end result is beautiful, a really beautiful pair of ruby slippers indeed.



Hand-sewn ruby slippers crafted in July, 2017


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Reply #37 - 2nd Aug, 2017 at 12:58pm
 
  When you are focused on the exquisite detail work, does the sewing become a kind of mediatation where your mind is at Peace?

  The Ruby Red Slippers are radiant!
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Reply #38 - 2nd Aug, 2017 at 1:32pm
 
Yes, that is a great way to describe it.

The strong focus transitions into meditation because what you're doing is grab a sequin then sew it on, grab a sequin the sew it on, grab a sequin the sew it on, and you need to keep doing this for many hours each day.

I'm using hand and mind meditation, if not for meditation, I wouldn't be able to complete a beautiful pair of ruby slippers like these.
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Reply #39 - 3rd Aug, 2017 at 12:58pm
 
I think this is such good medicine for the soul.
Of course people pay for finished product, but the feeling of             
accomplishment must be rewarding.
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