Decorating Flip Flops

To make a pair of decorated flip flops I started with a plain pair of shoes we already had; I believe these were 98-cents.

 Next I dug in my fabric stash and found exactly what was needed.

This dark blue star fabric was perfect for covering the straps.

I cut two pieces 2-inches wide plus the width of the fabric;

Serged one edge, tri-folded and ironed.

Starting in the middle I wrapped my fabric twice around the center;

And simply started wrapping each side, being careful to overlap the fabric in order to keep everything tight.

When I reached the end I cut off any extra fabric and stitched everything in place.

Here is how both shoes looked once all the straps were covered.

Next I cut petals from red fabric and stitched them together.

These were then gathered onto a long needle;

And formed into a flower.

I used 5 petals per flower.

For the center of my flower I cover a button.

This was stitched onto the flower and then the flower was stitched onto the flip flop.

I was very pleased with how nice the flip flops turned out.

Here is Elizabeth all ready for the July 4th parade.

What a fun and easy project!