Thrifted shoes

Shoes are probably my number one obsession.  They have to be cute, allow me to walk through a parking lot while toting 2 kids, and pretty much go with any outfit I choose.

Thrifted shoes are even better!  I’ve found some really awesome ones for really low money.  The problem though is that sometimes you have to deal with the reason why people had donated their shoes.  For instance, some shoes have the insole damaged.

These shoes here had the insole come loose.  After wearing them and getting frustrated with it, I ripped it out and then had to deal with my socks sticking to it.  Eh!  So I fixed the problem and now my shoes are not only cute, but the inside is pretty to look at as well.

I ripped out both of the original insoles (actually, one insole was sitting on the dresser), traced around them, stitched on my tracing lines (that way I was sure they’d fit back into my shoes), cut them out with pinking shears, clipped the curver edges, turned right side out, ironed, and topstitched around.

While I haven’t worn these shoes since I made these to see if they would actually work (without causing me the problem I had before) they are pretty, and their washable too.  If your like me and don’t like to wear socks all the time.