Thursday 1 July 2010

Funky footwear

Inspired by this tutorial I found online I decided to have a go at jazzing up a pair of very cheap, plain flip flops. This is what they looked like before:-
I cut up lots of old fabric scraps and machined them together as described in the tutorial, (I found it very traumatic when the instructions called for "messy stitching" as every fibre of my being screamed at me to stitch in nice straight lines, but I persevered!), and used the resultant material to cover the plastic straps and hey presto:-
The whole process took less than 2 hours start to finish and now I think they look like an expensive designer surf brand. I'm so pleased with them I'm thinking of making another pair in a different colour.

8 comments:

Karan said...

They look extremely pretty Christine. I could see them being popular with holidaymakers too. :0)

Hazel said...

Brilliant Christine!! x

Linda said...

Oh, yes, by all means, make another pair. Your messy stitching looks very chic designer.

Nancy said...

I love these! You did a beautiful job, and the fabrics are so pretty. I may have to have a go at this!

Sally said...

I love them Christine!

Mylene said...

WOW! Lovely!!

Heidi said...

Too cute and I bet much more comfy than with the plastic.

Hugs from Holland ~
Heidi

Julie said...

Very cool, they look really comfy