How to sew shoes with your own hands?

If your shoes are torn, it is not necessary to immediately run to the shoemaker. Minor repairs can be done with your own hands. By learning to do this once, you can later sew up your bag, tent, and also a soccer ball or briefcase for your child. Agree, this is a very useful thing, and all you need is a boot awl with a hook, kapron threads and a bit of training. Let's figure out how to flash shoes with your own hands.

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Useful Tips

If you have never tried your hand at shoemaking, then check out the tips of professionals:

• If possible, stitched materials are best glued.
• If the materials are very dense, such as a hard sole, try to widen the puncture hole. To do this, pierce the material with a hook and several times pull the hook itself without thread until it comes out smoothly.
• The thicker the hook, the larger the hole, so pick the size of the hook so that your seam does not look very rough.
• If the shoe has a soft or porous sole, then do not tighten the thread very much. She can cut through the material.
• It happens that the thread breaks or twists. This happens even with experienced shoemakers. To achieve something, you need to make an effort. Have patience and you will succeed.
• To get started, practice on a piece of cardboard. Determine where he has the front side, and where - the wrong side, and forward. When you fill your hand a little, you can begin to work. Instead of cardboard, you can take an old unnecessary slipper.

So, how to flash shoes with your own hands?

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Choose tools:

• The most important thing in this business is to pick up good threads. For such purposes, use a nylon thread with a thickness of 0.5-1 mm.
• For work, you will need an awl, with which holes are made. The main thing is to choose the right diameter. Instead of an awl, you can use a sharpened screwdriver.
• Another tool that is needed to pull the thread is a hook. Its size depends on the type of shoe. Thick shoes require large hooks.

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Start sewing:

• Before starting the process, clean your shoes well, pull out the insoles and draw a line of the future seam with chalk or a marker.
• It is necessary to retreat from the product edge by 5 mm. If the distance is less, then the thread will break quickly, as it will rub against asphalt.
• Cut 2 pieces of kapron thread to a size larger than the sole by 15-20 cm. To prevent the thread from fluffing, it is better to rub it with chalk or resin.

Important! It is better to start the firmware from the inside of the shoe - there the load is less and the thread will not unravel.

• Make a hole with an awl in the place where the seam should begin. You need to drive the awl at an angle of 45 degrees. The outlet should be on the sole.

Important! While piercing, remove your hand from the sewing line of the awl to avoid injury.

• After making a hole, pull out the awl and push the hook along the same path.
• Tie the two pieces of thread in a knot. Through the hole, drag one end of the thread. Pull the thread 1 cm and unhook the hook.
• We retreat from the first hole by 8-9 mm, do one more. We again hook the thread, but this time we pull it out not completely, but in the form of a small loop.
• Pass the free end into the loop and drag it to the end. Tighten stronger.
• We retreat another 8-9 mm, make another hole, catch the thread and leave the loop. We skip the seamy end of the thread into the loop, stretch the thread, pull the second stitch on both sides.
• Thus we do stitch by stitch.It turns out an even seam.
• At the final stage, sew a few stitches in the opposite direction to fix the seam and prevent it from opening.
• On the last stitch, tie the threads into a knot and cauterize the ends with matches.

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If you master these simple steps, then the question of how to flash sneakers at home will be solved very simply.