Some examples on nice footwear

Remember to always wear sensible footwear in the parade. Footwear with thick soles, shattered glass can occur on the street. So cover your shoes and make them a part of your costume.

These feets are made from foam and placed on top of regular footwear (see entry about foam, on how you work with this material).

Felt is an easy material to work with when it comes to cover of footwear, and can be bought in all sorts of different colours.







Other examples of footwear:

                       

Joker shoes

What you need

Fabric

Elastic band

Cotton wool

Sewing machine or needle and thread

Bell

How to

The width and length of the shoe cover is measured from your own shoe. Additionally, add approx 10 cm extra fabric to make up for the bending. You can eventually make a template (like the sketch) and cut the fabric according to this – remember to cut two pieces of fabric per foot + to cut a piece of fabric for the bottom.

The stippled lines are the hem where the two pieces are to be sewn together (remember to sew the bottom in between the two pieces). The wrong side must face outwards when sewing, and after they can be turned around.

Ergo, you sew all the way around except from at the top where you make a drawstring hem for the elastic band instead.

The toe-part is filled with cotton wool after the seaming, and the bell is sewn on in the end when the right side is faced outwards.

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