Your path to custom-made barefoot shoes
Materials of the free challenge 17/3/2025-20/3/2025
Welcome and organizational information
Welcome to the free challenge Your path to custom made-barefoot shoes.
In this video, I will reveal you what awaits you in the challenge.
The schedule of the challenge:
1. Each morning, we will publish a short theoretical video (15-20 minutes) for you to understand the importance of the steps of the day.
2. Together with the video, we will publish a practical task. We assure you the praxis will not take you more than 10 minutes. Completing daily tasks will ensure your participation in the draw. The prize is one of our shoemaking online courses.
3. The challenge will end with the live webinar on Thursday, the 20th of March, at 6:00 PM CET (5:00 PM in the UK). In the webinar, we will show you more in detail the advantages of making shoes with and without lasts, what you need for both techniques and how can you start. We will draw a winner of our shoemaking online course, too.
What do you need:
Just a piece of paper, pencil and something to measure your feet.
We measure in the metric system.
If you wish to get our email communication right, please, save our email address info@diybarefootshoes.com or move our emails from Promo, Junk or Spam folders into your Inbox.
For the best challenge experience join our supportive Facebook group Your path to custom-made barefoot shoes. A nice community of crafty people is forming there rigth now.
Note: to be accepted to the group, please, answer the membership questions.
Day 1 - Foot outline
Welcome to Day 1 of the free challenge Your path to custom made-barefoot shoes. Today, we will talk about the secret key to perfectly fitting shoes.
Watch the theoretical video:
Task 1:
Outline your feet according to this video:
You can send us your outline to our email address info@diybarefootshoes.com or share it in a special thread in the supportive Facebook goup. Completing and sending all your daily tasks till Thursday, 12:00 CET will assure you place in the final draw - the prize is our shoemaking course.
If you have a question to the topic of the day - foot outline, feel free to ask us via email or Facebook group.
Note: We might share your question and our answer anonymously in the Facebook group.
Day 2 - Foot type
Today, you will learn what measures you need to know before you start making lasted shoes and you will determine your foot type.
Watch the theoretical video:
How to measure the ball circumference correctly?
Task 2:
Determine the foot type accoding this PDF. Downoad it by clicking on the arrow icon.
You can send us your foot type to our email address info@diybarefootshoes.com or share it in a special thread in the supportive Facebook goup. Completing and sending all your daily tasks till Thursday, 12:00 CET will assure you place in the final draw - the prize is our shoemaking course.
If you have a question to the topic of the day - foot type or measuring the feet, feel free to ask us via email or Facebook group.
Note: We might share your question and our answer anonymously in the Facebook group.
Day 3 - Lasts
Today, you will learn why are lasts crucial in shoemaking.
Watch the theoretical video:
Task 3:
Choose barefoot lasts Kraft for your feet. The instructions are on this site.
You can send us your choice to our email address info@diybarefootshoes.com or share it in a special thread in the supportive Facebook goup. Completing and sending all your daily tasks till Thursday, 12:00 CET will assure you place in the final draw - the prize is our shoemaking course.
If you have a question to the topic of the day - everything about lasts, feel free to ask us via email or Facebook group.
Note: We might share your question and our answer anonymously in the Facebook group.
Day 4 - The shoemaking process and the final webinar
Today, we will show you some shoes and the shoemaking process.
There is no practical task, so you can rest before the final webinar at 6 PM CET (5 PM in the UK) or catch up - until 12:00 CET. Then we will close the task threads to prepare for the final draw.
Completing and sending all your daily tasks till Thursday, 12:00 CET will assure you place in the final draw - the prize is our shoemaking course. You can send us your ready tasks to our email address info@diybarefootshoes.com or share them in special threads in the supportive Facebook goup. You can find them easily in Guides.
The shoemaking process
Enjoy our videos showing the shoemaking process with and without using lasts.
Creating ballerinas without lasts:
Creating lasted ballerinas:
The final webinar
We will meet in the afternoon for the live webinar at 6 PM CET (5 PM in the UK).
If possible, come live. You will be able to ask us question. If you cannot, watch the recording as soon as possible, so you don´t miss our secret offer!
What you need for the webinar:
- approximately 1 hour of quiet time
- pen and paper if you want to make notes
- PC, laptop or mobile device
- internet connection
The webinar will be broadcast on YouTube. There is no need to install any applications.
The final webinar
Watch the recording of the webinar.
On the webinar, we were talking specifically about the shoemaking proccess and materials and tools needed to make your lasted ballerinas nad hand-made ballerinas without lasts.
And we are sure you know now what´s your next step. What your heart is calling for. Which shoemaking technique is better for you now...
We invite you to join one of our online ballerina-making courses. With our intensive support we offer them just once a year, so if you feel ready, don´t miss the opportunity.
Both the courses are based on:
- 2 year-access to the videos in the member section
- 4-5 week support in a private Facebook group
- possibility to order lasts, materials and tool from us easily
Until Friday midnight CET you can take advantage of our secret offer:
- Sneakers tutorial as a gift to the Ballerina-sweing course without lasts
- Slip-ons tutorial to the Lasted ballerina course
Do you hesitate which of the courses is the right fit for you? Schedule a 15-minute WhatsApp call with us here.
The final draw:
And the winner is Sheri S. Due to the technical problem I wasn´t able to show you, but here it is:
