Yes! It’s possible to make your own shoes! Find everything you need to sew up a pair of espadrilles with THE ESPADRILLES KIT and become a DIY queen from head to toe. These beautiful, gift-worthy kits are available on here.
Here is how it works:
- Choose the kit that works for you! If you want the whole kit and caboodle with your choice of beautiful fabric, grab a STARTER KIT. In it you will find your jute and rubber shoe soles, the perfect linen-cotton blend fabric, organic lining fabric, interfacing, my own instruction booklet, my exclusive shoe pattern and all the tools & threads needed to create espadrilles.
- If you already have a stash of lightweight canvas or linen-cotton fabric that you know will make perfect espadrilles, (at least a 1/3 yard is needed of both an outside and a lining fabric) grab an I GOT IT kit. This kit has everything listed above except for fabric, which you can grab out of your stash or from your local fabric shop! This makes the I GOT IT kit the perfect kit for creating totally unique shoes.
- Other specialty kits are also available including THE RENEWAL KIT. This kit is specifically designed for folks who already have the pattern, booklet, needles, wax and other accoutrements but want to make a second pair of shoes. It includes the shoe sole, more interfacing and the espadrille yarn so you can make more shoes quickly!
Choose from kits designed for women as comfy flats as well as flats for teens and kids. You can even grab a kit for you and your kiddos with a MY FEET AND YOURS kit!
- To find the correct shoe size, measure your foot from toe to heel and compare it to the size charts. After that, all you need is your sewing machine; everything else comes in the kit!
Keep an eye out for special kits from my monthly ARTIST SERIES, in which I feature shoes made by a different artist each month. Let them show you how to make surprising and fabulous shoes such as hand-stitched watercolor shoes, punch needle slippers, woven shoes, leather sandals and more!
Even more inspiring espadrilles are featured on my instagram feed and in my espadrille blog tour . The ideas for amazing shoes never end.
Most of the kits come with an instruction booklet but just in case you want some extra help (or if you are a visual learner like me!), follow along with the videos on Instagram or the full-photo blog series for a step by step of how to create stunning espadrilles.
Interested in learning more? Check out this post for basic information, here for information about eco-sustainability of the kit components and this post about the kids kits!
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The Espadrilles Kits have been featured in many magazines and online spaces including Frankie, BUST magazine and in the Uppercase Fabric Project Book.
