Death to Doc Marten's

[Red Alibi]

WOW those are fab!

[fluffyhelen]

You took out the yellow stitching though!   
Nice job.

[shadkitty]

Those are fabulous!! Good job

[skye691]

ya know, I've always wanted a pair of steel toed mary janes..

[Jennickell]

Those are super cute, I too have a Mary Jane obsession, I have a pair of flower print Doc Martin boots in my closet (that are 10 years old and I just cant seem to part with them).

[*k*]

Thanks for the compliments!

IchBeisse:  Sorry to disappoint, but I didn't use a sewing machine for the bias tape.  It's glued on (quite strongly) to the cut edge with tacky glue, which is wonderfully versatile stuff.

tiegh:  They do slip a little when I walk, but I blame that more on the fact that the doc apparently  doesn't believe in half-sizes so these were a bit big to begin with.  Though they are a bit heavy because of the chunky heel.

ashenteardrop:  I used the steak knife like a saw to cut out the tongue and make the rounded bit in front, and then I cut from behind the first eyelet down around the sides.  I glued the bias tape on to cover the ugly cut edge and used the elastic and buttons for closure.  The bows are made from some polka-dotted ribbon that I love (found at Jo-Ann's), and I painted over the brown soles and yellow stitching with black acrylic to lessen the doc marten look.

Jennickell:  I think those flower print docs would work wonderfully for a reconstruction of some sort!  When I originally thought of this project, I wanted to use a pair of bizarre black and white face-printed docs that I picked up around the same time as this pair.  But I guess I must have gotten rid of them a while back.  They were really ugly and would have been so much better as maryjanes.

[spaz2phreek]

Those are great. They look like you bought them that way.

[Bigmouth]

Any steak knife injuries you want to tell us about?     My two simultaneous thoughts were, "Wow, she's good," and "I would have permanent scars if I tried that!"

[crafty missus]

how smart are you!! my gosh i love them. still to much nostalgia attached to my knee docs to chop em up. but you did a brilliant job. well freakin done!

[stevenjames]

You win.  Nice work.