DIY tutorial on transforming old clothes into old jeans and using waste materials to make flip-flops
Renovation of old clothes is a kind of handicraft that peoples living conditions have improved now. If we put them in the past, where would there be so many old clothes that are no longer worn but are still in good condition? Especially jeans, they will last for thousands of years, but that’s it, denim is a good fabric with good conscience. Here we take advantage of the strong characteristics of denim to make a pair of cool flip-flops, which can be regarded as Give yourself a new pair of shoes as a gift.
Main material: Old jeans, old yoga mats, Tools required: scissors, needle and thread, Production steps:
Step 1: To make these flip-flops, first cut old jeans into pieces of cloth, then piece together several pieces of cloth into a larger piece of cloth, and cut the old yoga mat to the size of an ordinary shoe sole
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Step 2: Draw the size of the denim that needs to be cut according to the size of the cut yoga mat
Step 3: Cut the denim in this way. The bottom fabric needs to be larger than the top denim
Step 4: Hem the edges of the fabric
Step 5: Use bead needles to secure the denim and foam soles
Step 6: Use an awl to drill a hole in it, which is used to fix the flip-flop part in front of the flip-flops
Step 7: Use a piece of cloth to sew the two denim strips together
Step 8: Fix it like this
Step 9: Use a crochet hook to pass through the hole drilled in the front
Step 10: Thread the string into the front cloth loop
Step 11: Use a crochet hook to pull the string through, and then pull the cloth strip to the back
Step 12: Pass a piece of cloth through the pulled part
Step 13: Sew it to the sole like this
Step 14: Also wrap the upper part with a strip of cloth
Step 15: Sew with needle and thread
