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Hi, I'm Candi Cane Canncel With Expert Village. In this clip we're going to make a really
fun shoe bag to use for traveling or you can even just use it for storing your shoes if
you have really expensive shoes. That you don't want sitting on the shelf or sitting
in a box this is a really easy project to make. It also makes a great gift you can use
it for little stash bags or any number of things so the first thing that you are going
to need is some fabric. You want something that is going to be pretty, soft, silky but
you also want something that is going to be durable and washable. If you are using shoes
the shoes does get dirty at least the soles will and if you are going to be storing them
over time you will want to wash it. So one of my favorite fabrics is a cotton bag satin
and mostly satins aren't washable they tend to run a little bit or sometimes it will get
water marks. But this particular fabric because it is cotton it is very washable and you can
also hand wash it or machine wash, I tend to hand wash things that are very delicate
like this. So you want about a yard of fabric then we're going to be making a little casting
to actually drawstring our bag together so I'm just using this what is called rat tail.
It's such an ugly name for such a pretty trim but it's basically like a corded trim that
is covered in satin this is really durable just as durable as a shoe lace but a lot prettier.
You can also use ribbon for this or even a shoe lace if you had something that you really
liked. So when you are making your bag the first thing you're going to need to consider
is the size of your shoes now I have these, they're just vintage tie up lace up shoes.
What I just want to do is measure out how long they are and these are a little bit more
than 10" long. Then how tall the heal is these are about 3 1/2" so with that basic measurement
in mind it gives you an idea how big to cut your bag. So in this case I'm going to do
a bag that is about 13" tall by maybe about 7" wide because I want to have enough room
in it that both my shoes can fit comfortable together but not to big for cumbersome. So
the next clip we will show you how to get this going.