Frog Hollow Art Show Fall 2026

 The next 2 1/2 months will be spent getting ready for this!

            https://www.froghollowartshow.com/

Custom One of a Kind Fiber Art Sneakers by Victoria O'Neill

                                         

I am taking orders for custom one of a kind fiber art sneakers. Turnaround time is 3 weeks, possibly sooner depending upon whether or not I have specific fabrics and other supplies to make the tops on hand. 

So far creating these is an enjoyable endeavor, but very much a labor of love because very time consuming and costs at least $100 to make them. I am trying to keep the price to $450 a pair.  

You supply the theme, and colors and you will be pleasantly surprised with the results. Half of the cost is due up front, the rest when they are finished. 

I can deliver within 20 minutes of zip code 19460 otherwise $20 to ship in the USA only. Check out the Custom Sneakers page for images of some that have been made, plus scroll down on that page for step by step details of how they come together.

Build a Bug with Artist Victoria O'Neill

I’m very excited to have joined

AStepAboveMalvern  

as an artist vendor. 

The shop features ethical goods from around the world plus local artisans. I will be offering various workshops there too, the first one is Build a Bug.

Click HERE to register

Here is one of my samples hanging on the wall.

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