/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>6890390

And here's the first piece applied (I added more seam allowance and made it a bit taller than the test piece) with the lining glued in. The lining is cut to the same shape as the piece, so it doesn't actually fill the shoe completely, just a few inches down from the top. You can kind o see where the edge of the original shoe is and how the top edge of the piece still kinda flimsy looking since I hadn't fully glued it together yet. For this one, I didn't 'hem' the edges by folding them over first since I wasn't quite sure how it was going to sit on the shoe, ideally you should probably do that/sew it to the lining first or something like that––it'd probably result in a neater line.

Before applying the piece I painted the shoe and the leather piece with the leather cement (I forget if I mentioned it earlier, but I used a fancy non-toxic water based one, but I'm pretty sure any rubber cement will do the job, I just use my hands a lot so non-toxic + easy cleanup was a concern) and let it set up to get sticky. I'm pretty sure the shoes themselves were shitty pleather but it stuck just fine. Then I carefully laid the piece down, starting from the front and smoothed it onto the shoe, stretching toward the back. You can peel it off if you need to reposition, just make sure there's still cement on both pieces before you try to reapply or it might not stick.