Make work slippers or ninja bootie booties or boot covers

Turn a stressful, uncomfortable work environment into a laid back, relaxation haven. There is no excuse for not having comfortable foot wear to slip on while you work (especially if there are sharp or hot things lying nearby that you can fall on).

When you skate places, simply carry the covers in your pocket. Upon arriving at your destination you can slip them over the liners of the skates, lace them up, and walk around hooved.

If you're into crocheting instead check out these boot covers from rikerenge.

As usual, if you want to be a collaborator on this instructable let me know and I'll add you right away!

Step 1 Work bottom up

I'm not going to list the materials here because this instructable is less of a recipe and more of an experiment. Here, I track the steps I took to sew up a cover for some grungy old inline skate liners. I added some padding and a shoelace tie for good measure. Then I did it a second time. Better. With less pictures.

The steps show the right and left booties being done together to give the full perspective.

If you've done this yourself and want to provide even more perspective let me know and I'll add you as a collaborator.

You don't have to start with a boot. You could make the ninja booties directly out of jean/hardcore fabric + cushion-y stuff. The steps are the same except you're draping directly on your (someone's) foot instead of a foot in a boot.

I'm leaving a lot of the instructions on the pictures themselves, so make sure to click through the pictures if you're wondering what the heck is going on.

If you're new to sewing, check out my Guide to Sewing instructable (on the way). There are probably other sewing instructables you can search for, too.

A few tips:

• sew seams inside out. When you flip things right side in the thread and markering will be hidden.
• fabric frays if not folded, that's why hems exist. i like to use a major ziggyzag railroad-esque stitch on a hem to make sure the end doesn't fray. then I fold it again and use a straight line stitch for the actual hem.

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|_ i didn't actually do the extra folding on these booties. if you've seen my other sewing instructables you'll notice that i like seeing the thread. i like to see remnants of the process. but yeah. you COULD hide that to make it look more professional and subtle.

Good luck!

Comments

[rikerenge]

wow, that is very interesting. Forgive my ignorance but I would like to see a picture with you covering the skates just to see how that looks. I like it though. I find that you can make the same thing or the same idea of something with so many different mediums. Congrats to you.

[diN0bot]

Cool, thanks. The skates aren't covered, just the iiners inside. When I get to work I'm not supposed to wheel around, and it's nicer to step in cushy comfort than barefeet.