WARNING: You will want to buy these. Many, many pairs of these.
It's basically a shoe with interchangeable straps or buttons. Genius! I started my new obsession around my birthday, so Hubs bought me 3 pairs (black Lulu, tan Lulu, and black Lily) with a few extra straps. Then the store I got them from had a sale a few months later and I picked up the cork Emma and a few more straps.
I'm not quite sure how I ended up with so many straps (ahem), but I got tired of sifting through them in a pile on my shoe shelf. I decided I needed an organizer for them. They sell them online, but I wanted something really pretty to display my collection. I found a pattern for a wrapping paper organizer and modified it slightly to the size I needed and added strips of Velcro instead of pockets. I think it turned out really well. I have it hanging in my closet, but it also folds up easily for travel.
This is the front with a large pocket made out of coordinating scraps.
Here is the organizer opened up with some of my Switch Flop straps.
This is the back.
I love how it turned out!
I love your idea to hang and hold the switch flop straps. My daughter and I have been looking for something like this. THanks for the beautiful idea.
ReplyDeleteWill you give us the measurements and instructions for this, please!!! I need to make this so badly!!!
ReplyDeleteI used the "H" pattern in McCall's M6374 (http://mccallpattern.mccall.com/m6374-products-14429.php?page_id=106). When you come to the part in the pattern when it tells you to sew in the pockets, sew in your Velcro strips. I cut my Velcro strips to be 15 inches long. I pretty much just eyeballed the placement of the strips and once I got them where I wanted, I pinned and sewed them down. Hope that helps. Happy sewing!!
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