TOMS

So remember how a while ago I mentioned I needed to fix my TOMS?
(If you don't know about TOMS I'm just going to come out and say it, you should probably hop on that bandwagon, because they're awesome(ly comfortable) and also for every pair you buy they donate one pair to a kid who needs shoes! Seriously!)

Well, I finally got around to doing it. And it was soo easy! This probably took me about thirty minutes, total, including having to switch scissors FOUR times because I couldn't find my sewing ones. All I was looking to do was make a new sole insert for the right one, since somehow mine fell out.

(and it was all foamy and gross on the bottom)

Now, I got these TOMS when they very first came out, and from the looks of it, they have improved over the years, so I don't know if sole-falling-out is so much of an issue with the new ones, but in case you need new soles for your TOMS, or really any shoes I suppose, I thought I'd DIY it a little.

First, choose a fabric you like, probably best to stick with quilting weight cotton or heavier. I thought about trying it with jersey but I really don't know what I was thinking.

Anyway, fold your fabric so that you have five or six layers, and then place a few pins in the middle to hold everything together.

Then, place your sole-less shoe on top of the fabric and trace around the perimeter.

Then, leaving the pins in place, cut out your outline. You should now have five or six layers of the fabric all in a nice pile.

Leaving the pins in, sew around the perimeter, using eh, I don't know, a quarter inch seam allowance.

At this point you will probably become aware, as I did, that you're essentially sewing a maxi pad for your shoe.

You're welcome for that visual.

Then, using SHARP scissors (this was my downfall) trim around your edges so that the pad fits in your shoe

 Then, and I feel like this step is optional, as it just adds a little more form to the thing, iron a piece of stabilizer onto the bottom of your pad.

and....

Coat the bottom of your shoe with a strong glue (I used UHU but I think hot or super would work excellently) and press the pad into the bottom.

Let it dry overnight and TAHDAH, like-new TOMS:)

Remember, giveaway ends tomorrow night!