SAVE MY SHOES!
I'm trying to get organized. Do you know how hard that is for an ADHD person?
Well, it does have its upside. I get a lot of things done, many of them unexpected.
For instance, yesterday I set my favorite pair of casual shoes next to the front door, preparatory to removing the shoe laces and throwing them out. (You'll see why in a minute.)
One of my goals today was to get the entryway and porch tidied and swept, so this afternoon I walked over to the front door and picked up the shoes. I had every intention of carrying them out to the dumpster, and then sweeping the floor.
Dang. I just couldn't do it. I know they're cheap shoes. Cheaply made, and bought even more cheaply, at the Goodwill, but they're really comfortable. The soles are soft, and even with that leg-lengthening heel, they feel good, and they let me run. (Yes, I am often too impatient to get where I want to be to walk.)
I started to pull the laces out, but I was thinking, There just has to be something I can do with these shoes. I don't want to give them up!
See how the toes are peeling? That's all that's wrong with them.
I carried them over to my sewing table, and started rummaging through the fabric samples. Maybe I could cover them with soft fabric. Then I spotted the zippers on the table.
The germ of an idea
I'll just show with photos what I did, because it's late, and a picture is worth a thousand yada yadas.
Marking the spot
Now the other side
When I was finished, this is what I had. I think I like them even better now!
6 comments:
Wow! These are so great with the zippers. And I'm inspired -- how many things do I toss without a second thought?!
I'm so the opposite. I grew up hearing, "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," and I can't throw much of ANYTHING away.
Case in point: Just this morning I put the pages I'd cut out of the book into a ziplock bag. And for what?!
Eeek! I forgot to say thank you.
Thank you!
Hugs,
Anitra
Cute! That's such a wonderful idea!
Brilliant!
See..... sometimes procrastination is a good thing!
Those would go right along with my Converse - it was driving me crazy how the tongues wouldn't stay in the middle, so i sewed a loop on them so the laces could go through and hold them in place - and I made the loop from an old tape measure! we should make a whole set of sewing supply shoes!
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