Hey! Have you ever bought a pair of boots and thought ' These boots would be way cuter if they were lace-ups!'? No, ok well im going to show you anyway.
This is how they looked before
This is how they looked after:
First, try on the boots. The roomier to calf, the better. But i will still work if they are snug.
My boots were a bit too roomy for my liking.
You will need a craft knife for unpicking and cutting seams and leather.
Unpick the zipper seams.
There was some weird sticky glue holding the boots together
Keep unpicking...
Oops i accidentally cut the stitches holding this strap on...
When you get to the bottom, If your boot was like mine, you may have to cut the zipper out.
Have you ever seen an unraveled zipper?
Do the same to your other boot.
Put them on and see how much room you have.
Fold over the excess and glue in place. Or if you have none, you should stabilize your fabric with a thin layer of glue
and/or fabric.
clothespin the leather while the glue dries.
Now if you want (this is completely optional but i suggest it for people with snug boots.)
take a piece of fabric about 2-4 inches wide and the length of you boots...
And sew it wrong sides together down the length of the boots.
This will keep the boots from being drafty through the laces.
Then, using a dremel tool -or simply a thick nail hammered into the leather- to make holes for the laces.
PS It ties at the top now. (In the pictures i had the end of the laces at the bottom.)
Hope your boots work just as well as mine did!
(Sorry if this post was a little confusing... I have a fever, and needed to write my first blog post sometime.......)
-Skylar
