Sunday, November 9, 2014

Slingbacks for Miss Piggy

I have spent almost the entire weekend with projects related to the book. Chapter 10 is basically finished now and chapter 9 is about 2/3 done. One of the projects contributing to these two was making yet another pair of shoes for Miss Piggy. It is so much easier to get good photos when you make things in her scale.

I started by making wedge soles combining wood and card stock. Making the wedges out of card stock in this scale would have required quite a lot of work, so wood was a better choice.


The next picture shows all the parts for the shoes: uppers (fabric treated with sealer), card stock insoles covered with fabric, painted wedge soles, and leather outer soles.


This time I decided to glue the ends of the straps together first and then glue the uppers in place as it is easier to position the uppers this way.


The finished shoes also got decorated with stickers. I applied sealer after attaching the stickers to make sure they will stay in place.


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