Harris Tweed Converse

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  Step 1

  For this project you'll need some Harris Tweed in your favourite colour and any pair of Converse or sports shoe you have kicking around.

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  Step 2

  Unlace the shoes.

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  Step 3

  Pull the tongue of the shoe out and trace around it's outline onto paper.

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  Step 4

  Using a ruler to get your dimensions, create patterns for both sides of the main body of the shoe.

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  Step 5

  Add a 3/4" seam allowance around your pattern pieces and cut out.

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  Step 6

  Fold the tweed in half so that you have two bits of fabric on top of each other and pin the pattern pieces on top.

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  Step 7

  Cut around the pattern pieces and remove the pins to reveal two identical pieces of fabric.

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  Step 8

  Make small snips around the seam allowance on your tongue pattern piece.

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  Step 9

  Fold the seam allowance back on the paper pattern and pin the pattern in the middle of the tongue cut of fabric.

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  Step 10

  Using the pattern piece as your guide, fold and pin the seam allowance on the fabric back.

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  Step 11

  Place the fabric against the tongue on the shoe, adding a pin or two to keep it in place and fold up the bottom edge of the tweed and pin so the tongue is the right height.

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  Step 12

  Unpin the edges at the bottom of the tweed tongue and sew along the bottom edge of the tweed

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  Step 13

  Re-pin the edges at the bottom of the tweed tongue to the right size.

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  Step 14

  Now pin the tweed tongue in position on the tongue of the shoe.

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  Step 15

  Carefully sew around the outline, removing the pins as you go.

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  Step 16

  Hand stitch any areas that are too tricky to do by machine. Repeat for the second shoe.

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  Step 17

  Following the same process with the snipping and folding the paper pattern, pin the patterns for the sides of the shoe onto the fabric.

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  Step 18

  Sew the bottom edges.

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  Step 19

  Pin the tweed in place along the bottom edge of the shoe.

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  Step 20

  Working from the start of the shoe backwards, fold the fabric under and pin neatly around the edges.

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  Step 21

  Continue pining around the entire outline of the shoe. Folding at the back where it meets the back seam.

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  Step 22

  Sew the pieces in place using a heavy duty needle on your sewing machine.

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  Step 23

  Do the same with the other side of the shoe.

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  Step 24

  When you're done. Use some fabric glue to stick the bottom of the fabric along the line of the shoe where it meets the sole.

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  Step 25

  You can make a matching tweed strip for the back of your shoes but I wanted to give mine an edgier look with a metal zip. I simply cut two matching strips from an existing zip to the right height for the back of the shoe.

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  Step 26

  I then attached the zip with fabric glue, folded under the edges of the fabric at either side, glued them down and pinned in place until the glue was stuck.

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  Step 27

  Once the glue has dried. Hand stitch down the sides of the fabric alongside the zip.

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  Step 28

  Now it's time to add the eyelets back. Use a hole punch to punch a hole through the tweed where each eyelet sits.

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  Step 29

  Using a needle and a strand or two of embroidery floss, stitch around the entire outline of the eyelet.

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  Step 30

  For the finishing touch, stitch a Harris Tweed label onto the side of each shoe.

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  Step 31

  Re-lace up the shoes and they're ready to wear!

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