I sew with my birkenstocks on, and even spin wool with them on- it actually feels funny not to have my shoes on when I treadle. I have lymphedema in both my legs, and it is not worth the risk for infection for me to go barefoot anymore.

I sew and drive with only a sock on or barefoot if the weather permits I try not to wear lace up shoes if I am going to drive. I wear slippers at home so that's easy. I take my right shoe off at classes.

always barefoot hate shoes and bras in the house

I remove my right shoe. In fact, if I am on a sewing binge, I wind up walking around the house with only my left slipper on! I took a FMQ class and I was the youngest (if 45 is young!) and I was the only one that sewed barefoot.

I do everything I can without shoes on !!! I don't like them at all!!!!!!

Funny you ask-we were laughing tonight at the sew-in about how many single, usually right, shoes were piled up under the table. Me, I'm a barefoot girl. My compromise for pins and cold treadle pedals is my Vibram Fivefingers; all of the benefits of going barefoot, none of the pins in your toes or chilly pedals. Plus, the bottom is a bit sticky, so I can control the pedal better. (I drive 'backwards' anyway, with the pedal turned around, high side closer to me.)

I love being bare foot. I do sew wearing slippers, I have a cement floor which is cold, even in summer. Also, most of the dirt in a house comes in the house on your feet. I started practicing removing my shoes in the mud room (lucky me) before entering the house. Floors are much cleaner.
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Barefoot all the way. Socks are to constricting for me!!

Shoes are not one of my loves. Shoes are always off. Its a joke with everyone.

Funny, I never thought about it because my machine has a knee lever, not a foot pedal. But I was going to mention the Vibram Five Fingers, or another minimalist shoe that I just learned about- ZEMgear. They give you the barefoot feel but with a little protection if you're one that shouldn't be barefoot (such as with diabetes). The ZEM shoes would be easier to put on your foot than the Vibrams, and cheaper! Being barefoot is actually much better for your body mechanics than wearing shoes is anyway, I plan to buy a pair of these ZEM shoes to give a try because even with the woodstove going, the floors are a little too chilly for barefoot during a Maine winter! Here's the link for the ZEM shoes- http://shop.zemgear.com/products/pro...0.0.0.0?pp=12&