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Here is what you will need: nonskid fabric for the soles of your slippers High Loft Batting Make sure this is the flat rolled kind, not the kind for stuffing toys and pillows. piece of cardboard or butcher paper a pencil or fabric-marking Pens Tailors chalk works well, too. 1/2 yard fabrics (Of they are going to match the fabric of your robe just add this onto your robe fabric purchase) Sewing Needles (sharps, unless you are using a knit or delicate fabric) Dressmaker Pins I prefer quilters pins because they are easier to handle with the larger heads and longer shafts. Threads (color to match or complement fabric). If they are the same fabric and color as your robe you should have this already. Dressmaker Shears This means a good pair of fabric shears. They range in price from $6.00 to $60. I personally use the lessor priced ones and have done so for years. I have had 2 pairs of the expensive shears and found that they did no better or worse than those costing far less Scissors for cutting paper/cardboard Rulers Sewing Machine Tracing and Cutting Out the Slipper Pattern Pieces Steps 1. Choose 1/2 yard of fabric for your slippers. Also choose high-loft batting or slipper foam for padding and a nonskid fabric for the soles of your slippers. 2. Have the wearer stand on a piece of cardboard or butcher paper. Use a pencil or marking pen to mark four points: one above the big toe, one at the heel, and one on each side of the foot at its widest point. 3. Use the marks as a guide to draw a wide oval shape on the paper. Both halves of the oval should be symmetrical. The same pattern will be used for both slippers. 4. VERY IMPORTANT! Add 1 5/8 inches to the oval's dimensions all the way around. This will be your cutting line. 5. Cut out the pattern from the paper or cardboard and lay it down on a second piece of paper or cardboard. Trace around the pattern. Set the first pattern aside and cut out the second. 6. Mark a spot on each side of the second pattern that's one-third the distance from the toe end. Draw a line across the shape to connect these spots, and cut the pattern along that line. This will be the upper portion of the slipper. 7. Make sure the fabric has been prewashed and lay it out, wrong side up, on a flat work surface. Pin each pattern piece to the fabric and trace around each with a fabric marking pen. 8. Cut out each pattern along the traced lines. Repeat until you have two cutouts of the sole pattern and four of the upper. 9. Use the pattern pieces, pins, a fabric marking pen and scissors to mark and cut out two sole pieces and two upper pieces from the batting or foam. Cut out two sole pieces from the nonskid fabric as well. Assembling the Slippers Steps 1. Layer one sole so that one batting or foam piece is sandwiched in between a fashion fabric piece and a nonskid fabric piece. The outer fabric should be placed with the right side facing the batting or foam. Pin the pieces into place. 2. Layer the upper piece so that one batting or foam piece is sandwiched in between two fashion fabric pieces. The right sides of the fabric pieces should be facing the batting or foam. Pin the pieces into place. 3. Use a sewing machine to stitch around the sole and around the upper section. Stitch 1/2 inch from the edges. Leave a 1- to 2-inch gap along some portion of each seam so you can turn the pieces right side out. 4. Clip all the seams along the curved areas of the seams and then turn all pieces so that the right sides face outward. 5. Use a needle and thread to slip stitch each 1- to 2-inch gap closed. 6. Pin the upper piece to the sole piece. Make sure that the edges line up evenly and that the right side of the upper faces the bottom of the sole. 7. Stitch 1/2 inch from the edge as you sew the upper portion to the sole. Clip the seams along the curves and turn the slipper right side out. 8. Repeat these steps for the remaining slipper. |