Let’s Do This…
Now that the glue has dried, I needed to remove a bit of the vinyl that covers the lace area to make the Boot easier to slip on…
Also, some areas didn’t get a good coating of glue, so I added more where needed…
And pinned it back up…
Now, to the other Boot. I found it better to start gluing from the toe, and working my way back. Also, instead of applying the glue to the Boot, it seemed easier to apply the glue to the vinyl and then press it into place…
As it got coated with glue, I just kept repinning…
I just slowly worked my way from the front to the back, taking on one said at a time…
The second boot was better coated with glue, and required less fussing to get it all smoothed out again…
While the toe sections dry, I can start working on the tube part…
You basically start with a big square, and fit it to your boot, making slight adjustments until it hits all of the right marks…
Comparing to screen used Boots, I determined where I felt the rear piece needs to be cut…
And made a mark…
Then cut the excess piece off…
Once I had a tube I was happy with, I used it to trace and make the tube for the other Boot…
Make sure you mark which is which because while similar, they should be mirror images of each other…
Here is the second tube cut out…
Looking at screen used Boots, they have a small “tab” or loop of material near the top of the back which is probably meant to use to open the back of the Boot…
I did some size estimating and came up with this as the size needed…
They need to be looped over, so I’ll be adding some HeatBond…
HeatBond applied…
And pressed…
The PathFinders Boot Tutorial calls for a one inch hem at the top of the Boot, however, looking at the screen used Boots, the hem is really small…
So, I’ll do the one inch, inititally, then trim it down. To help out, I’m applying a thin strip of HeatBond…
HeatBond applied to both tube tops…
Now, I’ll run a fairly tight stitch across the top of each tube…
And here we go…
The front of each Boot gets a one half inch wide strip of vinyl that wraps around the entire thing, covering the transition from the vinyl to the Boot sole…
So, I cut two strips…
The first Boot is now dry enough to trim the excess vinyl…
The easiest way to do this is with a VERY sharp Xacto knife…
The first Boot trimmed, and ready…