How To Make Skate Covers

The boot covers are made of a heavy weight lycra and the ribbon is sewn onto the boot covers ensuring the toe pick doesnt catch on fabric and.

How to make skate covers. Straight stitch down the center. Cut 4 pieces of elastic that are shorter than the long sides of the rectangles. These blush pink ballet slipper skating boot covers will complete your look. Bring the towel halves to the ironing board.

Insert elastic into casing through one end and over. Sew a straight seam up each of the long sides of the rectangles. Scratches are a part of skating and are inevitable but if you really want to prevent them you need neoprene or thick fleece boot covers. Place the right sides of your outer fabric facing the side of the inner fabric that will be against the blade of the skate.

Take 1 piece of towel and 1 piece of fabric. Turn so wrong sides are together stitch both long edges with 1 2 seam to create elastic casings. Fabric fleece spandex or both would even work the spandex on top of the fleece it must be knitted no woven fabric. Bring them back to the sewing machine.

If you do decide to make your own boot covers you will need. Take one towel half and fold it in half hot dog style long end to long end. Cut 2 pieces of fabric and 2 pieces towel each piece is twice the length. Turn the tubes you ve just made inside out so that the seam you ve been working on isn t easily.