Book & Cook

        My favorite pants, the blue jeans, ripped. To my dismay the knees were torn but I was pleased to find out the rest of the pants were fine. I turned them into shorts. For the left over I had a plan. Boots, I never had fun boots, the military boots weren’t my style, although I started seeing people starting to wear these kinds of boots and dressed in black. I wanted to make something new, something fun, something no one had.      Dad had some black rubber sheets he needed for his work. I asked him for some and using my sneakers I marked the shape of the sole of the foot. I cut a few layers and created a sole for the boots. The Shape of the top of the boot was exactly a copy of my sneakers. I made templates from paper and cut the Jeans accordingly. With a thick needle and thread, I sowed it all together. They weren’t the most comfortable shoes, but they were unique. They were a little too flat, yet I still wore them for a long time....