Flower Power Shoes
You Will Need:
Fevicryl Premium Fabric Glue, Fevicryl Acrylic Colours (Orange, Lemon Yellow, Deep Brilliant Purple, White, Pearl Metallic Gold), Fevicryl 3D Outliner (White, Pearl Metallic Gold), Sneaker Shoes, Scale, Pencil/Markers, Stencil with Circles, Scissors, Felt Sheet (Pink, Purple, Red, Yellow), Foam Sheet (Pink, Orange), Buckram, Cotton Fabric (Green), Pink Plastic File, Yellow Coloured Readymade Flowers, Small Wooden Beads (Sea Green, Dark Pink, Green), Cotton Yarn For Tie Dye
Description :
Colourful and playful shoes for people who are not afraid to add flowers and bursts of colours to their life.
STEP 1 : Selection of base
- Pick a white sneaker of your choice
STEP 2 : Orange flowers
- Take orange foam sheet and cut out a small square from it as seen in the image.
- Draw a circle and divide it into 8 parts as shown.
- Cut it using scissors.
- Cut the petals and the edges as shown in the image.
- Overlap one petal on top of the other to make the flower a bit raised.
- Take a red wooden bead and stick it in the center of the flower.
- Stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
STEP 3 : Back of Orange flowers
- Take green fabric and cut a small circle out of it using scissors.
- Cut half way through the circle as shown in the image.
- Overlap the edges and stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Stick the green cup like piece to the back of the orange flower as shown.
- stick them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry.
STEP 4 : Pink flowers
- Take pink felt sheet and cut out a small square from it as seen in the image.
- Draw a circle and divide it into 8 parts as shown.
- Cut it using scissors.
- Cut the petals and the edges as shown in the image.
- Take purple felt sheet and cut a strip as shown.
- Make fringe like cuts on the strip and roll them
- Stick the fringe in the middle of the pink flower.
- Stick them all using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
STEP 5 : Red flowers
- Follow the same process that was used to make the pink flowers while making the red flowers.
STEP 6 : Yellow flowers
- Take pink plastic file sheet and cut out a small square from it as seen in the image.
- Draw a circle and divide it into 8 parts as shown.
- Cut it using scissors.
- Cut the petals and the edges as shown in the image.
- Stick them all using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
- Take readymade yellow cloth flower as shown in the image.
- Place the pink flower in the center of the yellow flower
- Finally place a green wooden bead in the center of the pink flower.
- Stick them all using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
STEP 7 : All the flowers
- Make enough yellow, pink, red flowers that can be used on both the shoes.
- Make few plain pink, yellow, orange foam flowers of smaller size as shown in the image.
- These will be useful as fillers.
STEP 8 : Tying of lace
- Tie the lace with cotton yarn at various places to create a tie dye effect
STEP 9 : Dyeing of the lace
- Dye the lace using Fevicryl Acrylic Colours (Orange, Lemon Yellow, Deep Brilliant Purple, White, Pearl Metallic Gold).
- Once it is dried, remove the yarn that was used to resist certain parts of the lace.
- The lace will look like how it does in the image given.
STEP 10 : Sticking of flowers
- Arrange the flowers that have been made on the shoe as shown in the image.
- Once you are happy with the arrangement, stick the flowers on to the shoe.
- Stick them all using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
- Do the same on the other side of this shoe as well as on the other shoe.
STEP 11 : Wooden beads
- Take 3 different colours of wooden beads as shown in the image.
- These will be used to stick on the shoe.
STEP 12 : Sticking of beads and 3D Outliner dots
- Once the flowers are stuck, stick the wooden beads in spaces around the flowers as seen in the image.
- Stick them all using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
- Let it dry
- Mix Fevicryl 3D Outliner (White, Pearl Metallic Gold), fill it in a cone and make golden dots on the shoe as seen in the image.
- The dots will be around the lace area and on the tongue of the shoe.
- Let it dry.
STEP 13 : Final look
Your fun and happy flower power shoe is ready to be worn and paired with your denims or any of your festive attire to make a statement.