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I always get asked by the producers of Rachael’s show to come up with some of the most far-out craft ideas!

This time was no different. I got the call asking me to recreate those sweater boots that are all the rage. You know the ones, the ones like these, made by companies like Ugg Australia that will set you back over $100!

So I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to make them so that they look store bought. So here is what I did, step-by-step. Please follow along and let me know what your results were like!

So to start you need the following materials:

- A sweater, could be cotton, wool, acrylic, no problem, the only requirement is that the sleeve of the sweater should be able to fit over your leg without being too baggy. - A pair of shoes, these must be fabric, or any kind of faux suede material. Since this recipe does use a glue gun, you won’t get firm contact if you try this on a regular pair of leather shoes.

- A good pair of scissors - A nice hot glue gun and glue sticks - 2 yards of trim, this should coordinate with the sweater, I actually chose one that matched almost perfectly. The more it matches, the more store bought your boots will be.

Step 1:

Cut off all of the extraneous stuff that your shoes may have that will interrupt with the look of the final boot. My shoes had these really silly pom poms on them that had to go. My cat Henwin helped.

Step 2:

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Cut the sleeves off the sweater. The way that I designed mine the cuff part of the sweater became the part that went up your calf. Make sure that the cuff is big enough that it goes over your calf but not so big that it slips down. Then when you cut the sleeve don’t cut it so high up on the shoulder that the final boot is 3 feet long, unless you want the mid thigh length boot, could be sexy…

Step 3:

Pull the sleeve over the shoe and place the seams of the sweater where you want them. For instance, make sure that the seam is to the back of the boot, otherwise the final boot looks…not so well thought out.

Step 4:

Using your trusty glue gun put plenty of glue around the shoe and press the sweater into it. I put my bead of glue right about the sole of my shoe. That way I could put the trim between the sole of the shoe and the shoe.

Step 5:

Cut off all of the excess sweater around the shoe so that you have got a nice clean place to glue your trim on to.

Step 6:

Whip out your trusty glue gun again and glue on your trim over the unfinished seam. Here is a tip, make sure that you start at the back of the shoe and work your way around the shoe. That way the seam where both of the ends of the trim meet is in the back of the boot instead of the front (I made this mistake with my first go at this project).

Step 7:

Add whatever embellishments you’d like and toast up your pups in their new sweater boots!

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