Flip Flop SOS

 

My flip flops snapped the other day :( A week before my holiday with friends. I'm on a tight budget at the minute so despite them only costing £2 from tesco last summer, I just couldn't justify buying new ones when the bases for these are perfectly fine.

So I searched the internet for a solution. There are tonnes of flip flop fixes, in the end I went with this one:

http://www.themotherhuddle.com/tutorial-the-knot-so-hard-flip-flop-diy/

Only issue I had with mine was there were no holes to pass the fabric through. So I turned to power tools, which ordinarily I shouldn't be trusted with ;)

I had to snip off the remaining straps as close to the base as possible. It seemed that despite the toe section on one of them being held together by a wing & a prayer all the others were held on by strongest glue in the world. I pulled at them a little, but was worried I'd destroy the bases as they in themselves were two glued layers of foam, with the ends of the straps glued between them.

I used just a 4mm drill bit, as I didn't want the hole to be too big, just enough to pass the material through.

I found an old top in my projects pile with a nice pattern which I thought would compliment the purple:

I set to cutting out the strips. The tutorial says you need 4 24 inch by 4 1/2 inch strips. After snipping away the seams from the top I had just that amount.

I decided to run my strips through the sewing machine, as I wanted a neater edge, but the tutorial did say you could leave them rough too. So I folded mine over & made them with a pointed end as requested to make it easier to pass through the holes:

A double knot later & they were secured :)

I just followed the tutorial for the next steps so follow this link http://www.themotherhuddle.com/tutorial-the-knot-so-hard-flip-flop-diy/  for the full how-to :)

I made sure I tied the knots extra tight. Only thing is I didn't have any glue. They feel pretty secure though, so I'm going to risk it. Also because mine were glued from the start they didn't have the little divots for the knots to sit in. However after walking round the house in them for a few hours I'm finding the knots are sinking into the foam naturally & I don't notice them when I walk.

I figure, if they at least last my France holiday I'll be very happy 😊