Footwear Pattern Making and Last Design

book on lastmaking and patterning by Wade Motawi

Last Design

1. The Last Is First

2. Last Features and Functions

3. Shoe Last Designs

4. The Footwear Last Design Process

5. The Geometry of Lasts

• step-by-step AKA/WMS tutorial

• Suspected Errata:

  • Page 88, Step 16

    “Point L is 1/3% of the ballheel width - 5%.”

  • Page 78, Diagram: The angle 78° should be drawn between NF and EF, rather than between NF and a line perpendicular to CB at D. The angle drawn is closer to 72° than 78°.

6. Last Size Scales and Grading

Pattern Making

7. The Pattern Maker’s Tools

8. How to Make the Last Forme

9. Pattern Making Procedures

10. Computer-Aided Pattern Making

11. Pattern Size Grading

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• 📏Stick Length