A Girl Can Never Have Too Many Shoes...

So the other day I bought these:

And today I turned them into these:

These were a little tricky to make, but after you get down a template, they are super easy!

Here's what I did:

• Buy some canvas sneakers... I bought mine for $5 at Wal-Mart!
• Take tracing paper and fold it around the front of the shoe as best as you can and trace the pattern of the shoe (since paper won't just lay nicely on a shoe, this can be tricky, so just try your hardest and make do)
• Do the same to the back part of the shoe
• Now take those patterns and cut them out
• Lay the patterns on the shoes and adjust as needed
• Now trace the patterns onto the back of fabric and cut out
• Using a fabric glue (I used Aleene's), glue fabric to shoes by starting to glue in the middle of the fabric and working your way out
• Because fabric stretches, you may need to cut some fabric off your shoes as you're gluing

Comments

[chel]

Ever since I saw your blog... you've made me want to have a girl. I always have fully enjoyed my boys, but still want one more... but I was kind of hoping it would be a boy... but now... i want a girl just so i can make all this stuff.
I've never seen such a cute girly-girl and such an amazing talented mom!
Thanks for sharing!

[april]

can I just send you a pair of sneakers and let you foof them up for me!? :)

[Rhiannon Ellis]

A friend posted a link to this on Facebook. I hadn't seen your blog before, but I'll definitely come back! I'm going to try these shoes! My daughter has wide feet and never fits into pretty, girly shoes. If I don't mess these up, she might finally get a pair like she sees on tv :) Thanks for sharing!