Reupholstering My Sandals Part 2: The Finished Product
Since the weather has been so cool and damp, I gave my sandals a few days to dry. I wanted to make sure the new fabric completely adhered before trimming them down, and especially before wearing them.
After I was sure the fabric glue was dry, I trimmed away the excess. I used my kitchen shears turned craft shears/utilitarian non food scissors to cut away the bulk of the fabric, then used cuticle scissors for precision cutting around the edges.
Cuticle scissors make the best detail scissors.
I was able to cut right up against the cork layer cutting away even the smallest imperfect edges. The curved sharp blades can get in places that other scissors are too big to reach. In a way, they are the closest thing to Exacto blade scissors. They are meant for cutting skin.
Cotton fabric frays if you do not cut it very carefully with sharp scissors. Even then you get some stringiness.
This is where cuticle scissors come in handy again. They are perfect for nipping off those strings and smoothing edges.
However, even with careful cutting and good sharp tools, there is still an amount of inevitable fraying. An unfinished, unprotected edge will eventually fray more and more. So I sealed the edges with a little more fabric glue.
I put some glue on my finger and smoothed it across the top and down the sides of the edges, pressing the wet fabric down hard, sealing it.
I used just enough glue to moisten the fabric and make it tacky and workable.
Then I was done! ;^D
And without further redeux, I present my reupholstered sandals!
After I was sure the fabric glue was dry, I trimmed away the excess. I used my kitchen shears turned craft shears/utilitarian non food scissors to cut away the bulk of the fabric, then used cuticle scissors for precision cutting around the edges.
Cuticle scissors make the best detail scissors.
I was able to cut right up against the cork layer cutting away even the smallest imperfect edges. The curved sharp blades can get in places that other scissors are too big to reach. In a way, they are the closest thing to Exacto blade scissors. They are meant for cutting skin.
Cotton fabric frays if you do not cut it very carefully with sharp scissors. Even then you get some stringiness.
This is where cuticle scissors come in handy again. They are perfect for nipping off those strings and smoothing edges.
However, even with careful cutting and good sharp tools, there is still an amount of inevitable fraying. An unfinished, unprotected edge will eventually fray more and more. So I sealed the edges with a little more fabric glue.
I put some glue on my finger and smoothed it across the top and down the sides of the edges, pressing the wet fabric down hard, sealing it.
I used just enough glue to moisten the fabric and make it tacky and workable.
Then I was done! ;^D
And without further redeux, I present my reupholstered sandals!