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Slipper Pattern and Hints

Skater’sMum

Slipper Pattern and Hints
« on: January 02, 2020, 13:28:41 PM »
Just wondering if anyone has made closed toe mule type slipper and could offer hints, especially any pitfalls they experienced.  I have found a free pattern on Covert Robin https://needleandladle.wordpress.com/2013/04/13/covert-robin-what-i-made-for-kat/
They do not have a stiff bottom, not sure if that is a pro or con.
Yvonne
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ClareInStitches

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2020, 16:40:12 PM »
When I made something similar for a friend many years ago,  I  used non-slip  / gripper dots fabric for the soles. It was fine on carpet, but when she walked on a smooth surface, say in the kitchen, her feet moved and the slippers stayed where they were! :[  An accident waiting to happen.  :o

HTH,
Clare

Skater’sMum

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2020, 19:09:34 PM »
When I made something similar for a friend many years ago,  I  used non-slip  / gripper dots fabric for the soles. It was fine on carpet, but when she walked on a smooth surface, say in the kitchen, her feet moved and the slippers stayed where they were! :[  An accident waiting to happen.  :o

HTH,
Clare

Thank you for that Clare - I’ll try to find a none-slip fabric for the sole or maybe just go to the pile of fabric I have stashed away
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Ellabella

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2020, 19:51:49 PM »
I’ve used leather for the soles. My last pair were made using the rough side of the leather which came from the back of a sofa that was being scrapped.

Lizzielogs

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2020, 16:50:11 PM »
I've made the exact same ones and used kids puffy paint on the soles as I was scared of slipping on the laminate.
If I made them again I might try dots of glue from my glue gun!

wrenkins

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2020, 08:52:13 AM »
What do use to stiffen the sole to stop it folding under your foot? Mine regularly go in the washing machine.
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Vezelay

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #6 on: January 08, 2020, 14:28:45 PM »
@wrenkins you could use an extra firm fusible interfacing like Peltex 71F or Vilene S520. Or you could use Kraft-tex on the sole which would also stop slipping (I think). This post reminds me I need some slippers for me. Little project :)

wrenkins

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2020, 07:19:44 AM »
Thanks @Vezelay.

I've always made shoes for myself since I was a child but haven't been very successful. I've made them from polythene bags, lego, off-cuts of mahogany... (my dad let me drill the string holes myself for those ones). :S
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Acorn

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #8 on: January 09, 2020, 10:00:54 AM »
@wrenkins - you should probably work for someone like Vivienne Westwood!
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wrenkins

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #9 on: January 09, 2020, 10:19:08 AM »
I met my bessy mate about thirty years ago. She's ten years younger than me, grew up in Scotland and she did the same thing when she was wee!  :o
Harbouring resentment is like swallowing poison and waiting for the other person to die!

Vezelay

Re: Slipper Pattern and Hints
« Reply #10 on: January 09, 2020, 13:55:53 PM »
@Skatersmum i don't seem to see the actual pattern on your link, just the instructions. Did you find it?