16 Fendi Tulle-embelished Suede Sandals DIY

I'm so happy to finally complete my DIY!
It took me a couple of tries to get the shoes right.
I suck at sewing.

Yes, I know that these Fendi babies were from the Spring 2010 collection, but I saw the shoes on eBay and I fell in love with them even more!
(I saved the PDF version of the listing so you can view it HERE)

Based on these close-ups of the original shoe HERE, I think I've got my version pretty accurate.

I also found more photos from Nini's Style blog, and studied her photos too.



It would be a lot better if you have tulle (met with blank stares at the fabric store when I asked for it), but I had to settle with chiffon.
Chiffon is not as sheer as I would like, but boy is it slippery!
Working with chiffon is a nightmare, and it frays.

I didn't sew a double layer so the seams would be hidden because the fabric would then be too opaque.

Since I don't have a hemming machine nor find a tailor who would hem with black thread, I just sewed the edges with a regular sewing machine.
Sew only 3 sides, leaving a short end unstitched for the flower around the peeptoe.


You can use fabric glue which would be so much easier, but I don't know how strong it will hold.
I also couldn't find fabric glue so resorted to hand stitching.
I guess you can get a cobbler rip the sole off the shoe and stitch from the inside, then finally gluing the shoe back again, but ripping shoes off is too painful for me.


I actually like the frayed bits on the flower.
So now repeat everything again for the other shoe, and voilà!



PS: I don't know why the shoe's name is so long! I got the name off Net-a-Porter.