First I have to say I love my TOMs. I wear them more then any other shoes, for me they are my most comfortable shoe. So when these TOMs (my first pair) got holes, I quickly got a new pair but couldn’t throw them out. They don’t make this pattern anymore. And now that my second pair is starting to wear out (they are almost 2 years old), I knew I needed to figure out a way to save both pairs. I do have 2 other pairs, I know, I know, I have a pair I bought for my wedding reception so they are nicer and not every day ones. And I have a pair that is more of a tennis shoe, with laces that my boyfriend (now husband) bought me for christmas. So I am glad to have found a way to repair my first pair and reuse them.

How to Fix Your Toms - A tutorial

Supplies:

OLD TOMS
Favorite fabric - the thicker the better. I doubled mine over because it was just a regular fabric. I just bought a fat quarter at Joann’s and that was plenty.
Iron on Patches
Fabric Glue
Scissors
Pins
Iron

Step 1.

I first cut a piece of the iron on patch to cover any holes in my TOMs. On one shoe I only had a small hole to patch, the other one it was larger.

Step 2.

I then Ironed on the patches to my shoes. If there are holes that go completely through make sure you put a piece of paper on the inside of the shoe so it does stick to the inside. I had a whole where my big toe poked through.

Step 3.

I doubled up my fabric in half and sewed a 1/4 seam along the edge. I did this to mimic the seam along diagonal front of the shoe.

Step 4.

I pinned the seam on the fabric along the seam on my old TOMs.

Step 5.

I carefully cut along the front bottom of my shoe to make sure I left a little extra fabric.

Step 6.

I then created a hem along that cut line by folding over 1/4 seam and sewing.

Step 7.

I again pinned the fabric back to the shoe making sure everything matched up.

Step 8

Leaving half of the pins in I unpinned one half and spears fabric glue over my TOMs. I pressed the fabric down smoothly and then let dry.

Step 9.

After the glue had dried, I removed the other pins and did the other side of the shoe in the same way. At this point you will probably have some extra fabric in the front. I created a pleat or fold out of this fabric.