i have these shoes.

and i’ve had them for years. at least six.

and they are getting worn….

 

fronts too…

and so when i saw this houndstooth vinyl (in PERMANENT) i knew i could recover them and give them a second life!!!

i just worked piece by piece….. (i always cut the vinyl larger than the spot i was filling)

and used my fingernail to make the indentions of where i needed to cut….

and then just used an exacto to make an exact cut…

for the heel…i just used pieces…the houndstooth is easy to match up..and small enough to not notice that it isn’t matched up perfect….

if you try to use big pieces you are going to have loads of bumps and wrinkles…little by little and it all lies pretty smooth and flat!!!!

 

half way there!

it actually went pretty fast!

 

the before:

and the after…

 

 

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