Rise and Shine Phoenix Birds at Julie Miller Pottery

Rise and Shine Phoenix Birds 

are the first in a series of many more to come. 

They will be available for purchase starting January 10th

exclusively at Julie Miller Pottery 

28 S Main Street Phoenixville PA

Artist Victoria O'Neill at Julie Miller Pottery and A Step Above Malvern

 It's nice to have my work out there where people can experience it in real life. 

       A Step Above in Malvern PA is a recent location. I have work in there now and will be there in person for the Holiday Open House on Tuesday December 16th. 

Stay tuned for some workshops! that I will be offering there in the near future. 

I have been with Julie Miller Pottery for a year now. 38 S Main Street in Phoenixville PA

I will be back in person at The Frog Hollow Art Show in November 2026. This is a 3 day event, with beautiful people in a fabulous creative setting. We have been doing this show for the past ten years!

Custom Made One of a Kind Sneakers by Artist Victoria O'Neill

 

There are so many steps to make sneakers. First is  creating a quilt by sewing fabrics together, then quilting the quilt to a foam backing. Then trace the pattern pieces onto the back of the foam, and sew it to the lining, right sides together.  Next step is to turn the pieces right side out and give a good ironing. After this I add the pull tab on the back and  embellish by sewing on various components, guided somewhat by the recipients list they give me of what they like color wise, theme etc. 

Then time to punch holes for the grommets for the shoelaces to go through. Fortunately I purchased a press to do this relatively easily. The first pair I used a hammer, which took forever. After holes are punched, you need to switch out the attachments to punch in the actual grommets. A shoelace guide is sewn to the tongues.  

Once the pieces are ready the time consuming process of sewing the fabric to the soles with waxed thread begins. It's getting more efficient with each shoe but easily two hours each. The tongue placement and the back of the foot are a challenge  and require quite a bit of maneuvering, and just as much patience. Using an awl, good quality thimble and a headlamp is helpful!

I'm going to start using contrasting thread to make this easier, mainly so I can SEE what I am doing.

I am hoping to keep the price at $450 for now.

Scroll all the way down to the bottom and then back up for photos of the step by step process. 

sewing the fabric to the rubber sole

punching holes in the rubber soles with an awl

punching holes in the fabric to guide the sewing

punching holes and adding grommets for shoe laces

adding a little tab to the tongue pieces to help keep laces in place, and embellishing

turning aside out and adding back pull tab at the ankle

the basic quilted part before embellishing

turning aside out and adding back pull tab at the ankle

cutting out pattern after tracing and sewing 

quilted to the foam side down on right side of lining, tracing pattern pieces

making the quilt

then quitting it to the foam.

Birds and Cuffs at Julie Miller Pottery

 Working on some smaller items for holiday shopping. Come see them at Julie Miller Pottery 

Fall 2025 Frog Hollow Art Show

Coming very soon! Gearing up for 

Frog Hollow Art Show. 

I think this will be our 10th year of doing this twice a year. 

Custom Sneakers from Artist Victoria O'Neill

Getting a lot of buzz over my new home made sneakers……..

NOW TAKING ORDERS! 

                  

New Cuff Bracelets at Julie Miller Pottery from Artist Victoria O'Neill

 These bracelets are made with aluminum cuff bases covered with various embroidered fabrics and embellished with beads and sequins. They are adjustable to fit all sizes.