Most of the leather I use for my shoes are scraps from thrift store finds (old skirts, jackets, gloves, you name it). And I particularly like to hand sew with silk thread (also from the thrift store).

Here is what is on the table now.  The heel is just a mock up of what it will be.  This shoe is taking forever to make and I don't know if the result will be worth the time but the process certainly has been.