For starters, I had to find the perfect shoe.  Steve and I many hours looking around Atlanta, where I live, and in the Raleigh-Durham area where he lives.   We found many pairs that were pretty close, but never a pair that we considered "perfect."

One day, I was visiting an antique fair in Atlanta, not looking for anything in particular, when I found the perfect pair.  They were labeled a size 5 1/2 and had the best shaped heels I had seen so far.  I purchased them on the spot for $6.00.  They were black suede, but other than the color, were perfect. 

Once I had them, I wanted to find the right size sequins.  This is not an easy thing to do since the standard size is now 1/4 inch and not the 3/16 inch that were popular back in the 1930's.  I finally found the correct size, but they were sewn into a strip of ribbon.  What to do?  Buy the ribbon of course, and with a seam ripper, take out the strand of sequins (all 50 yards 
of it!)  I painted the shoes red on the outside and white on the inside, using white leather of the insoles.  I had a color picture of the Innes label from the pair I purchased, so I made additional color copies and pasted one inside the right slipper. 

I made the decision from the beginning to not attempt overlays, but to glue the strips of pre strung sequins directly onto the shoe.  I place the sequins strips close to each other, taking care to make sure they were laying flat.  Working from the rear of the shoes, I first glued the sequins onto the heels, then followed the same pattern starting from the rear of the "upper" and working my way to the front. 

I made the bows using a piece of red strap leather.  I found the correct size rhinestones, center jewels, and bugle beads and began to construct the bows.  Since the original bows have the settings painted black, I hand painted each setting before inserting the round, red rhinestones, taking care to have 47 on each bow.  Once the bows were complete, I attached them onto the slippers and had a "perfect pair." 

I constructed a pedestal and covered the platform with black velvet to show the slippers off to their best advantage (it also matched the black velvet inserts I have in the slippers).  Since I work in a museum, I was able to custom order a beveled Plexiglas vitrine to cover them. 

They are displayed in my den with my other Hollywood and Broadway memorabilia and are lit with a spotlight so that when entering the room, the first thing you see is the slippers. 

My poor housekeeper thinks they are the real thing and won't believe me when I tell her they are replicas.  Once, she found a sequin on the floor, and kept it, making her own little "shrine" to it!

I have modeled the slippers on Michael Shaw's pair, and I hope you enjoy them. 

Postscript:

I discovered several months ago, that my slippers were mislabeled and were not, in fact, a size 5 1/2, but were a size 6 1/2.  MAJOR DEPRESSION!!!, but I have recently found an even more "perfect pair" of vintage slippers.  These are truly a size 6 (the same as Tony's) and have the 2 inch heels and are the same shape of the Witch's shoes.  I have included a couple of pictures of the shoes before their transformation, so that you will be able to compare them when they are finished.  This time, I am going to have a shoemaker construct the red silk overlays and am going to hand sew the sequins onto the overlays.  It will probably take me a couple of months to complete them, but hopefully, they will be worth the wait.  In the meantime, I hope you enjoy my "almost perfect pair."

David