Printed Ankle Wrap Espadrille Sandals
Categories: Fashion Accessories, Accessory, Spring, Summer
These printed ankle wrap espadrille sandals are a beach worthy variation of my previous two pairs of espadrilles. For full espadrilles with ankle wraps, check out my Polka Dot Ankle Wrap Dritz Espadrilles. For a wedge heel version, check out my Dritz Embroidered Floral Wedge Espadrilles. For these I upcycled an old pair of espadrilles that never fit well and had been sitting in my closet for a decade. However, these Dritz Flat Espadrille Soles work exactly the same. I used a fat quarter of print USCB 366K Urban Scandinavian Black and White from P&B Textiles and black cotton fabric. Any cotton prints or solids would work well. These shoes are a great fat quarter stash buster, as they only used two fat quarters. For stability, I used Fairfield World Smooth Fusible Interfacing and Soften Fusible Interfacing. I had creative yarn and espadrille tools left over from the previous two espadrille pairs, which I used to sew these sandals together. This project requires a knowledge of how to hand sew a blanket stitch. I explain how to do it below, but I’m a visual learner and found this How to Make Espadrilles Dritz Video Tutorial very handy. The blanket stitch is at the 2 minute mark.
What you need to make this project
- Materials
- 1/4 yard Smooth Fusible Fleece Interfacing
- 1/4 yard Soften Fusible Interfacing
- Espadrille flat soles
- 1 Fat Quarter of printed cotton fabric
- 1 Fat Quarter of coordinating solid colored or printed cotton fabric
- Black thread
- Dritz black creative yarn
- Supplies
- Iron
- Ironing board
- Toe and Heel pattern pieces
- Black marker
- Clear quilting ruler
- Scissors
- Sewing machine
- Chopstick
- Dritz glass head straight pins
- Dritz assorted needles
- Dritz yarn wax
- Pliers