Good day, friends on the hive blockchain and the creative minds of the DIYhub community. It's been a while since I last had a chance to make footwear or share how I made one, but today I'll be sharing a thorough procedure of how I made these Birkenstock palm sandals for someone, and I'm hoping you'll find it interesting and probably learn a thing or two about shoemaking as well, this is a type of footwear that promises comfort and easy movement around.
So this is one of the palm sandals my friend on the hive Blockchain asked me to make for her, and while I tried to make the best for her, I didn't really fancy the outcome, so I decided to make another one, but I placed it on the showcase in my friend's shop, and different people have come to make inquiries about it, which is now making me rethink whether I should continue with making another or send this to my friend. Well, without further ado, let's get to how I made this and the tools I used.
Materials needed:
- Black leather
- leather lining
- Punch tool
- Ruler
- Scissors
- Biro
- Gum
- Super glue
- Birkenstock insole
- Flipflops foam
- Polyurethane outsole
- Brush
- Sandpaper
- Eyelet pliers
- eyelet hook/rings, etc.
MAKING PROCESS
Designing the straps:
To make the straps of this Birkenstock sandals, I make use of my biro, scissors and ruler, as the sandals as a double strap, I first use the biro to draw the sharp I need on the leather and then cut it with the scissors, I did same with the second strap, but this ine is much smaller and in different sizes.
Joining the straps to a lining:
Still on the strap designing, I use the brush to apply gum on the inner parts of the straps and then on it lining, when it dried for a minute, I joined but together, I also insert the eyelets hook on some of tge upper straps, use the sewing machine to sew the flipflops foam on some of the straps.
Lasing (joining) the straps with the insole(Birkenstock):
In the joining of the designed straps to the Birkenstock, I needed my gum, brush and a sampaper, first a use the sandpaper to scrub the inner surfaces of the Birkenstock and the edge of the straps, then I use the brush to touch some gum and apply them on the surface I just sandpapered, I left it to dry for some time and then joined all together, that process is called shoe lasing.
Lasing(joining) the Birkenstock with the polyurethanes outsole/finishing touch.
The last phrase of making this Birkenstock palm sandals involves the use of more gum, super glue, and hammer, first is applying gum all over the inner surfaces of both, then super glue, then bringing both Birkenstock and the outsole together, lastly is hitting around the sandals gently with hammer for firmness.
And this is the result of the Birkenstock palm sandals I made, I hope you love it, do share your thoughts about it in the comment section.
Thanks so much for your time, have a wonderful night rest.
Note: all photos are mine.