Purple that shines

I am almost finished making a new pair of soft shoes for a beutifull little girl my son affectionatly calls Rabbie. He is 2.5 so he doesn't often get things right. For example he has both an Auntie Bonnie and an Auntie Bobby. Both are referred to as 'Antibody'.

The shoes are made from 99.9 % recycled materials. The other part is new thread and elastic.

I find it hard, no nearly impossible, to admit ---- here on this blog where my peers and local townsfolk will read ---- that I use recycled materials for many of my projects. I fear that they will write me off as gross. I fear by admitting this, I will have judgement passed. So in previous posts I tried not to admit that I made something from an old purse/t-shirt/vest.

However, it is my passion to make things from nothing. I feel content knowing what was once considered ugly or useless has found new meaning through my warped mind and creativity. I do not use soiled or raggedy items to make my projects. I always try to ensure the items I am remaking are of good quality and will last. I do not like the thought of ,y product being poor quality. We can buy enough of that on the shelves at Wal Mart.

Now back to the shoes. The leather for the soles was passed on to me by the wonderfull woman I like to consider my MIL. She used to be an avid sewer back in the day. She has passed many helpfull little things to me.....like tanned skins, leather needles, leather..... Anyway the shoes! The lining of the shoes is from a child's pink tank top that had a few stains on it, and the outer layer is some shiny purple vinyl stuff from a reversable vest that screamed of tackyness and even *I* would not put on my child. Each by itself was not much of anything, but combined, I think they make some rather fetching shoes for a small princess my Boo likes to call Rabbie.

Notes on the shoes: The back is made to fold over to make the elastic casing, so if you rather not fold over, take about half an inch off the pattern peice, and form a tunnel instead. Also it is rather long and could be about 3/4 of an inch shorter.

Make the button holes for the elastic to pass through a little farther into the shoe.

Interfacing helps stabiklize the fabric if it is streatchy, but it also makes the shoe stiffer thus a little harder to turn!