Supplies
Tools
- Sewing kit
- Sewing machine
- Paper for pattern
- Pencil
- Clothes iron
Materials
- Woolen fabric (such as an old blanket) for the uppers
- Fleece fabric for the soles
- Fabric scraps for the binding, 3 cm (1-3/16 inch) wide and long enough to go around the slipper opening
Directions
- Draw pattern on paper, leaving 1 cm (3/8 inch) for seams.
- Cut 1 sole piece and 1 of each upper piece from the woolen fabric.
- Cut 1 sole piece from the fleece.
- Pin the 2 sole layers together and baste around the edges.
- Sew the 2 upper pieces together along the top border, 1 cm (3/8 inch) from the edge.
- Trim any excess fabric and iron along seam.
- Sew heel edges together, 1 cm (3/8 inch) from the edge.
- Trim any excess fabric and iron along seam.
- Pin slipper top to sole, right sides together, and sew 1 cm (3/8 inch) from edge.
! : Fleece inner should be on the outside.
- Trim any excess fabric.
- Turn slipper right side out.
- Iron the seams.
- Trim slipper opening to desired size, making sure your feet fit inside.
- Cut 2 strips of scrap fabric along the bias, 3 cm (1-3/16 inches) or wider.
- Fold these strips in half lengthwise and iron the fold.
- Open the fold, fold one edge toward the center, and iron the fold.
- Pin unfolded edge of the binding to the outside of the slipper and sew around it, 5 mm (1/16 inch) from the edge.
- Trim any excess fabric.
- Fold the binding over the edge and pin in place on the inside of the slipper.
- Sew into place with a slip stitch, folding the edge under itself for a clean look.
- Repeat with the second slipper, reversing the pattern to make it fit your other foot.
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