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Tutorial on making handmade cloth shoes at home

Tutorial on making handmade cloth shoes at home. This cloth shoe is simple, soft and suitable for home use. Nowadays, the variety of cloth shoes for home is becoming more and more abundant. You can buy all kinds of cotton shoes, cloth slippers, embroidered shoes, etc. in shopping malls. However, cloth shoes sewn by yourself always have a special feeling on your feet. Comfort and warmth.

Tutorial on making handmade cloth shoes at home

Steps to make handmade cloth shoes at home:

1) Make paper patterns. Draw the shape of the sole and upper on the paper and cut it out.

2) Cut the fabric. According to the paper pattern, cut the sole and upper respectively, including the surface fabric, lining fabric and rubber lining. The surface fabric area is slightly larger than the lining fabric, and the lining area is slightly smaller than the lining fabric.

3) Adhesive soles. Glue the surface fabric, rubber lining, and lining fabric of the sole together, cut out the excess edge of the surface fabric, fold it, and wrap the lining and lining fabric in a circle.

Tutorial on making handmade cloth shoes at home

4) Make the upper. Glue the surface fabric, lining fabric and lining of the shoe upper. After bonding, curl the upper and sew at the heel of the shoe upper (do not sew the suture to the lining). Cut out the excess fabric at the edge of the upper. The mouth of the teeth, and then folded to wrap.

5) Make shoes. The front of the shoe upper and the sole are opposite to each other, and they are sewn together by hand (the suture should not be sewn to the lining), as shown in the picture. After sewing, trim the seam, cut some teeth appropriately, and then turn it over to the front to complete.

When choosing cloth shoe fabrics, waterproof and anti-slip fabrics can be selected for the surface cloth, and materials of different thicknesses or hardness can be selected for the lining.