I made my partner Tom a pair of quilted slippers maybe 2 or 3 years ago but they have definitely seen better days - so I decided to remake them using as much of the original components as I could! 🌟
Watch the making process below:
Now let's break it down:
Step 1: The first step of this project was to take apart the old slippers. As you can see, they weren't in the best condition 😂
Step 2: I then used the insole from the old slippers and traced around this onto a new sheet of texon insole board and onto 2 sheets of foam. I then cut out the texon.
Step 3: I then glued up the foam sheets with my water based shoemaking glue. I also glued up my texon insole board with the same water based shoemaking glue. You need to glue both surfaces with this glue as it is a contact adhesive. Once they had the appropriate amount of dry time (until they became tacky), I stuck the foam onto the texon insole board.
Step 4: I then traced around my padded insoles onto my linen material with a rough 1cm excess.
Step 5: I once again turned to my water based shoemaking glue and glued up my insole and linen and stuck these together. The 1cm excess on the linen allowed me to wrap this material underneath the insole to secure it.
Step 6: I then created a pattern for my uppers and cut these out of the linen material as well. I then needed to stitch these together on my sewing machine to create 2 tube shapes.
Step 7: I then stuffed the tubes with some wadding to create nice padded uppers. This is the same wadding I use to make the padded tongues in my sneakers and is included in our Sneaker Shoemaking Kit.
Step 8: Next I stitched up the ends of my tubes to secure the wadding inside. I then glued the underneath of my insoles and the edges of my uppers so that I could begin the lasting process.
Step 9: I then used a men's flat shoemaking last to position the upper in the correct position and stuck it down to the insole board.
Step 10: The final step was to glue everything together. I used my strong solvent based shoemaking glue to glue up the sole and the bottom of the insole. These then needed to dry for around 10 - 15 minutes until they became tacky. I then finally stuck them together - and the new slippers were finished!
