Fixin' the TOMS

My ginger girl, Kylie has a great love for TOMS.
But typical of most TOMS, she's worn her toes right through the edges.

Somehow she doesn't wear holes in the tops like the majority I've seen.

She's gotta make it a bit harder and wear them out right at the sole.

When it came time to repair them, I searched Pinterest for the best way to do it.

I ended up using a few different techniques.
One or two I came up with on my own, the others I borrowed from some pretty smart ladies!

The first tutorial was by Leah at Leah Miren blog, the second was by Cheri Heaton at I Love to Create Blog. 

Leah's blog talked about using an iron-on twill patch to reinforce the toe.

Great idea!

I had to take it a bit further though since the side of her shoe was completely torn out.

I started by placing a piece of the twill patch on the inside of the shoe and ironing it on.

This pulled the gaping hole together and gave the patch on the outside something to adhere to.

The pic above is what it looked like at this stage.

Once they were fully patched, it was time to make them look pretty.

My daughter picked out a fun book page fabric from Joann's, and then we were off to buy adhesive sheets from Michael's. {the only place I could find them!}

Check out the I Love to Create Blog to get all the details on the amazing adhesive sheets I used. 
I applied them exactly like she did.

To prepare the fabric, I went back to Leah's blog and sewed the top edge using her instructions.

Once the fabric was adhered, I used my fabric scissors and cut as close as possible to the sole.
After making a clean edge, I finished with a line of Fray Check to prevent it from raveling.

TaDa!!

Fixed TOMS... yeah!!!

It's awesome that as these get dirty, it'll look like the book pages are aging.

At least that's what I'm telling myself.

The ginger girl complained a bit that they felt kind of tight after being patched.

My thoughts... "your toes are no longer hanging out kid, of course they're tighter!" 

She insisted they were tighter than when they were new.

I insisted that they were canvas, thus STRETCHY!

After wearing them for a day, she admitted they were loosening up.

 As per usual, I was right. :)  {love it when that happens}

Oh!!
I almost forgot to tell you.
I started a facebook page last week. 
If you'd like to join me over there for more fun in between posts, I'd love to have you! {you wouldn't wanna miss me posting things like "my hands now smell like stinky feet!" would you?}
You can click on the link HERE to go to my FB page, or click on the facebook icon at the top of the page.

Thanks for hangin' out with me today!!

I'm linking up to some amazing blogs! Check them out HERE or just click on the Link Parties tab at the top of the page.