This year was a very handmade Christmas since hubby is in law school and our income is significantly in the negative. My Mom's always looking for ways to stay warm since (like me) she's always cold! So this year I decided to make her a pair of felted slippers. I so wish I had known how to do this when our son was little! Seemed like I could never find comfortable slippers with slip proof soles...any who...
I chose a felted slipper pattern by knotsewcute since I liked the ankle flap which could keep you extra toasty on cold days (and yes, they do have kid slipper patterns!). As I was making them, I realized that Mom would probably need them to have a good sole and ideally one which could walk outside to let her dog out in the yard. Thankfully, I recently came across this great waterproof and sew-able sole material on Etsy over at Shoeology. It was use-able to hand sew but I'd recommend using it for machine sewing. I only moderately felted the slippers as you can see because I wanted to make sure they didn't get too tight...who likes a pair of tight slippers?
And, because I was enjoying my new book on embroidery Doodle Stitching by Aimee Ray, I decided to embroider different peacock feathers on each foot. Would I ever make these to sell?...uh...no way...they took forever! But thought I'd pass on the resources in case any of you are interested in making some. Happy crafting!
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