Titchy Cute Thongs

Addie had some cute 2nd hand Havaiana thongs [flipflops] given to her a while ago, but the elastic was all broken and even though I tried to fix them they were beyond wearing. Its a pity because she really liked them, and because she doesn't wear shoes she can't go outside on the hot concrete without burning her little feet! So today I decided to spend 4 times what I would pay for my own thongs on a pair for her. I'd seen similar ones at Big W. When we got there though there were no little toddler thongs. We checked Target and Payless too but nothing. 

I was feeling sad that I couldn't find her any, and sad that we don't have a Clarke Rubber or similar shop from which I could buy foam and make her some.  And so, we went home, thongless. 

I decided to try to make her some fabric thongs, and found that I still had some upholstery macrosuede in my stash, so I traced around her feet and came up with these little things.

These are made from elastic, and 3 layers of macrosuede, sewed with a machine. Very basic, but they do the job of protecting the soles of her feet from the hot concrete and she thinks that they are wonderful. The other perk these titchy cuties have is that they are still a soft soled shoe, which is really what she should be wearing at this point in her development anyway, so its win-win-win.