Yuuko Ichihara - Foxy Lady #12

duct tape on the sole and traced the sole shape

I must have made a mistake while ordering the shoes, I'm pretty sure I wanted to order the normal sole version, but somehow I got the suede version, for both pairs. So, to be able to wear them outside, suede soles are meant to slide on ballroom wooden floors, I bought rubber half soles, but I needed to cut them to size.

glued the duct tape on a cereal box, and cut the pattern

I placed some duct tape on the soles and traced the shape. Then I stripped the duct tape from the shoe, glued it on cereal box cardboard, and cut on the traced line.

traced the sole shape onto the rubber soles

Traced them, and tried to keep both feet symmetrical, to the rubber soles, using Sharpie for the light soles and white pencil for the black soles.

the cut soles

Cut the soles. With a box cutter, I made a few crisscross scratches to the soles flat side, so they would grab the glue better. Then I glued them with contact glue to the shoes.

glued them to the shoes

The black shoes are at the new flat, so I'll glue them later.

+ Doing this allows the shoes to be worn outside.

- I still don't know I got suede soled shoes instead of normal soles, maybe it was my mistake, maybe it was the shop's mistake. I wasn't in the mood to find out or to replace them, as this is an easy fix.

THE CUNNING PLAN 

Make the shoe swirls pattern with the clingfilm+duct tape method, and trace it on the computer. Buy the wood beam and contact the people whith the lathe, to arrange for the cane to be made.