making tartan shoes

[Meggers]

what tartan are you looking to use?

MacMillan Old Modern

Try it with some plaid fabric of similar weight to your eventual tartan. Mess around until you are satisfied with results, then use that as the pattern for your final.

I assume you are looking to cover existing flats with a layer of fabric, not make the shoe from (excuse me) the ground up? Spray adhesive from 3M, available at craft stores, should do the trick for short-term use.

Or you could look at the "tartan" trainers that, I think it was Kinetikat? made using permanent markers! If your tartan is not too complex and involves primary colors (close to standard marker colors) you might give it a trial run on some inexpensive flats, see what you get.

Thanks for the suggestions I want to get MacMillan Old Modern tartan ties for the groomsmen and I found some nice ones on a number of differnet websites. Then I thought maybe I'd wear dark green flats to match my maids but how cute would tartan shoes be? I thought pretty darn cute.

The only thing that would change my mind how how tartan looks with a lace dress. Might be a little too busy. I might just have to stick with plain green shoes.