Friends,
I need new slippers and I am going to make them from leather.
Does anyone have a pattern for some kind of slipper upper, so I don't have to spend a year trying to figure out how to make one? 🤣
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As these are the prototypes, edgework is sloppy. Sorry.
So there! Left is version 1.0, right is version 1.1. Finally found the time to finish them.
More room for the toes would be nice, and maybe they could be a bit tighter around the ball.
Just glued on the outer sole. Won't be stitched, glue will do, I think.
I chose Coats Barbour thread and stitched with an awl with a stitching groove on the back side.
Learnings: A pattern actually made from your foot looks weird compared to f.e. a sewing patterns you find online. Much less symmetrical. Also, a sole drawn from your foot looks very much like something from a store that sells clothing made from hemp and soaps that look like they were made in someones garage.
A shoe should leave more room for your toes than you think, but also fit in a way that it hugs your foot. That is complex.
Leather is in a way perfect for this, since it molds to your feet with time. Of course, it can also stretch so much that the slippers don't fit any more.
Funny, I prepped the really oily leather for the uppers like crazy to get the glue to stick. Just sanded the vegtan soles. The glue more or less repelled the vegtan, almost no bond at all. You learn every day. Next steps: 1. Marking stitchline 2. Cutting a groove for the seam in the upper sole. 3. Sewing on the uppers. Maybe in yellow.
4. Glueing on the bottom sole from some 4 mm soft, split leather i picked upp in a scraps bin.
5. Final shaping of the sole and fine sanding.
6. Edge finishing. Will try to get a clear, glossy finish with the different layers as visible as possible.
This may very well work!
"A while" means several years in this context. 😂
You def should check this guy out on IG @art_atelier_du_travail. Imho he makes the coolest slippers om the globe! Have been thinking about making a pair myself, cool if you could exchange the experience with us after!:) he does courses aswell, would love to join one if I'd ever go to Japan!:)
Step one!
@Anders from Jävlar let us see your slippers when finished!! :))))
Here you go buddy, I know a guy who used this and he made beautiful slippers
https://www.instructables.com/id/Leather-Slippers/