Name: Christie
Message: Help! I'm getting married in a little over a week and the shoes that I ordered for myself and my daughters (my bridesmaids) just came in. They were supposed to be dyed and they aren't! - I've searched everywhere online to see how I can do this myself (no one in the area can have the shoes dyed in time for the wedding). Is there a way to do this? My shoes need to be ivory and the bridesmaids need to be navy. They are the "dyeable" kind... satin.

I think your best bet would be to find a local show store that dyes shoes. Dyeing polyester satin is not a good task for a novice, particularly one as overworked as you must be right at this point.

If you must do this yourself, I recommend that you go buy some similar fabric from a fabric store to practice on, and buy some fabric paint or even artist's acrylic paint in appropriate colors. Do not attempt to color the shoes until you have determined that it works okay on your scrap fabric. Dilute the acrylic paints with water.