Fluevog Creepex Embroidery

 

Available for purchase after 8/18

There has been discussion over the name of this shoe, I'm going with what's on the box

As you can see, I got these in August 2013 at the SF Haight branch. 

I think they were my first Fluevog purchase after a long hiatus - 20 years.
They were on deep discount, I think due to production issues.
The only record of them on the Fluevog site is this post:

I had no idea they were inspired by Joe Strummer!

I first sketched these in 2017:

it says: this is mine and it eats socks*

Here's the original repeat:

Available on Spoonflower

I wanted a bolder houndstooth in the background for the embroidered series and this is what I sent out for printing:

The sketch bugged me - too crude.
Time for an update!

I printed the new sketch on houndstooth again and then used that as a patch

Deliberate frayed edges
Appliqued using the Herringbone Stitch
as found in
The Geometry of Hand Sewing, Natalie Chanin

*I was debating whether to sell these but they're so cool and the sock eating issue seems to have resolved itself.

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