Sunday, March 11, 2012

Quick Shoe Makeover

Why is it that the cute shoes are unbearable to wear, and the comfortable shoes are boring?? WHY???

I'm getting ready for a business trip and wanted some nice, comfortable pumps. Alas, comfortable shoes only come in "old lady" or plain. Or outrageously expensive! Is this just me or is this a universal thing? 
So I went about making a little ruffle. I started with two strips of fabric, cut on the bias, 3/4" wide. I turned my stitch length to the longest, and tension up all the way to get a cheater ruffle. (I tried this with vinyl first and it refused to ruffle!)
 Ruffle strip!
 I gauged how long I wanted and cut both strips the same.
 Then used this amazing tape
 to stick the ruffle to the shoes.
 Ta-da!
They aren't perfect, but they liven it up a bit! I think some satin ribbon might have been nicer, but I didn't have any on hand! The nice thing is since they are taped on they can be removed. But this is a really great tape, so it won't come off from normal wear.

5 comments:

  1. Cute!!! How reliable is the Wondertape?

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  2. Cute!! They look like you bought them like that!

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  3. Wonder Tape is my favorite craft tape. It's SUPER sticky! It's made for holding tiny beads. We carried it in the store a loooong time ago.

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  4. oh that's cute! I wouldn't have thought of that- good job!

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  5. Cute! I did something similar back in the fall, but I didn't think to use the Wondertape....I guess it's just as well since I wanted it to be removable.

    Also, I passed the Sunshine award on to you, but it's up to you if you want to answer the questions!

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