About a year or two ago a dear friend of mine, who is a crafty soul mate, made beautiful little Japanese slippers for babies. I fell in love with them and have always meant to have a try at making an adult pair for myself. I found a description online on how to put together the baby slippers, but unfortunately there was no proper pattern. So I just put my feet on a piece of newspaper, drew around them, leaving ample allowance for sewing up, and then kind of guessed what the dimensions of the top bit would have to be, and cut it out from a piece of newspaper, freehand
nogal*. I then draped the top piece around the sole part to check the proportions, and snipped away at the pattern until it looked right.
I must say that I am pretty proud of them. They even fit!! And I also like the two cotton fabrics and denim inner that I used (all car boot sale finds).
Although they fit, I haven't really worn them, as the bottoms are quite slippery. I don't really want to break my neck in my quest for recycling bits and pieces, do I? Now I need to find out where I can get thin rubber soles to stick onto the bottoms ...
nogal*. In slang usage this is an expression of surprise, meaning "of all things", or "can you imagine?"
4 comments:
They are gorgeous! I am sure you can get soles somewhere. The fabrics are perfect together. You are right to be proud!
They are lovely!
My Mom knits these fantastic babay sock - but slippery! A friend of mine put thin stripes of slilicone underneath the pair my mother gave to her baby. It really worked out great!
These little shoes are absolutely brilliant- sorted from a baby's pattern- you are clever! They are sewn so nicely, such pretty colours and fabric. PERFECT in every way- Well done! These look perfect for your upside down weather- it is winter, you know...
You could try a pair of flip-flops for the sole, just remove the upper part from them.
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