Sewing your personal espadrilles isn't as difficult as you might think at first, and it's even fun! In addition, you have a pair of shoes that nobody else has! All you need is a nice fabric, a few soles (e.g. from Prym) and a little time. Have fun sewing!
Thicker thread (creative thread) for sewing onto the soles (approx. 7 m)
Sewing machine, if necessary iron, sewing thread, pen, scissors, pins, pattern (see PDF)
1. Prepare the fabric
Transfer the pattern to the base fabric and outer fabric. Add approx. 1 cm seam allowance. The pattern for the front part must be transferred mirror-inverted once.
Place the parts of the inner and outer fabric that belong together, right sides together, and sew together with the sewing machine.
A small piece must remain open (approx. 2 cm). The parts can now be turned to the other side through this opening. If necessary, you can iron the pieces flat. Then sew up the openings by hand.
2. Sew the fabric on
Now fasten the sewn heel and front parts to the soles with pins. To test the fit, plug in both as shown on the left in the picture. The front part must overlap the heel part.
Then remove the front one again and sew the heel piece on from the middle with the creative thread. The festoon stitch is used for this (from left to right). To do this, pull the thread through the fabric from the inside with the needle. Then pull the thread through the sole and about 0,5 cm next to the first stick back through the fabric. Before tightening the thread, pull it through the resulting loop. When the heel part is sewn on in this way, pin the front part back in place and sew this on with the festoon stick as well.
3. Fine tuning
Finally, the front and heel parts have to be sewn together (preferably with a simple lock stitch). You can either use the firmer creative thread or a more inconspicuous, thinner sewing thread. It's best to slip into your shoes beforehand to test the width.
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