Stitching with leather on your embroidery machine is much easier as you think. Use
the leather that is made for upholstery with the fabric underside, this is not much thicker than denim fabric.

I stitched the shoes on my Artista 200 embroidery machine. For the soles you can use a much thicker leather with a rough side to avoid slipping and the sole can be either stitched on or glued on if you don’t want to stitch through that thickness with your machine. I used the thicker leather of about 1/8 inch (with the foam backing) for the soles.

Glue as many layers of leather as you want the thickness of the sole.

All panels are done in the applique method, except for the top sections which are freestanding lace.

Stitch out one of each of the top panels and two of the butterfly on 2 layers of water soluble, rinse and leave to dry, iron with a warm iron when completely dry, now follow assembly instructions as usual.

We've included shoe sizes 3,4,5 and 6 (UK Sizes) 

Fabric Recommended:
Water soluble Vilene, 2 layers cotton blend fabric (about ½ meter) leather for the upper part (about 12”x5”) leather for the sole, (24”x8”), batting, the stiff type of about ¼ inch thick.