these were a fun project. The material isn’t too difficult to work with IF you stitch on the non-Velcro straps. Basically just try to avoid stitching through the Velcro 😂 it CAN be done, because that’s what I did, it just hurts your fingers 😅 If you do choose to embroider the Velcro, needle nose pliers are helpful when pushing and pulling the needle through LTKfamily LTKActive LTKshoecrush