Repurposing barn boots, sort of.

My old barn boots were having some serious second thoughts about finishing out the winter. The foot part was fine, but the uppers, not so much. Every time I pulled them one, pieces would come off, they were getting shorter by the day. I finally bought a new pair, but I kind of hate to just toss halfway good boots. So, I turned them into shoes instead.


First I cut off the uppers.

Then I sewed a cuff around them. Probably not necessary, they are ratty old barn shoes, but I don't want things falling apart any faster than they have to. I would have preferred a darker fabric, but this is what I had. Stylin', no?

Then I cut myself some insoles from some scraps of sheepskin I had laying around. These are now slip on barn shoes. They're awesome! Well, as long as the snow isn't too deep.