A pair of lovely leather Green Cross sandals, bought by Karen about 6 years ago and then rapidly handed over to me because they didn’t make her feet happy: they’ve made mine happy all this time, and the soles and straps are still in perfect condition. But the surface of the upper sole, not being leather, has worn away.
These are perfect sandals to wear when one is going for a pedicure, as an alternative to flipflops (which I detest), and I knew I would be sad to see them go.
Determined to figure something out, I traced around the sandal onto a piece of black fabric, cut out the shape, cut a straight line to the in-between-toe bit so the piece lay flat, and stuck it all in place with a lot of glue. Here you can see (a) where the glue is still drying at the front, and (b) some fabric fraying on the edges.
I trimmed the frayed bits as best I could, but with hindsight I realise a non-fraying fabric like felt would have been better. Still, here they are on my fat little feet, and I’m not ashamed to wear them to the beauty parlour any more :)
Nice piece of work 
So clever, Jill. I also dislike wearing flip flops. Recently wore them after a pedi and my feel kept slipping out of them while I was reversing, stalling my car into little jumps. A sweet lady in the parking area rushed up to find out if I was okay and ended up reversing my car for me.
Well done. You can always use felt next time.
Definitely will
You are soooo creative. :)
I think the creative person was the one who designed the sandals in the first place :) I don’t mind buying new sandals when needed, but these old things have been really comfy and I wasn’t ready to chuck them out.
I totally understand. As long as the soles are good, then they have a lot of life left to them. Happy feet are very important. :)
Maybe thin leather instead of fabric next time? It won’t fray, and it will be more durable and perhaps comfortable. They’re lovely sandals, wish I had a pair like that for my own fat little feet!
Also a good idea, thanks. They’re not actually a style that normally appeals to me so I wouldn’t have had them if Karen hadn’t picked them out first. She has beautiful feet and ankles, and her toenails are always perfect. Mine not so much.
Likewise, and I also have kankles, so I suspect the ankle strap would not be flattering, but they look really comfy!
That’s one impressive repair, nice nails.
Just an experiment really, but maybe someone else can use the idea :)