How Do You Attach Elastic To Ballet Shoes?
Since every dancers’ feet are different, ballet shoes come with the elastics unattached to the shoes. By sewing the elastic on your own ballet shoes, you will ensure they are both supportive and comfortable. You may choose between two placements for your elastic–either across the top of your shoe, over the arch of your foot, or attached to the back of your shoe, around the ankle. Most younger dancers wear ½ inch elastic over their arch or instep, while older dancers in their teens choose to move their ¾ inch elastic around their ankle. Before sewing your shoes, check with your ballet teacher or dance company for their sewing preferences. Prepare for sewing by double-threading your needle. Double-thread the needle by inserting the thread through the hole in the needle, leaving an equal length of thread, roughly 12 to 16 inches long, on both sides of the eye of the needle. Tie a small knot at the end of the thread, using both ends. Slip on your ballet shoes. Before you begin to sew elas
