Make A Sweater And Jeans Into Cozy Slippers

We’ve had quite the cold snap here lately, and none of that new fangled in-floor heating (our home was born in 1925). My daughter was in dire need of new slippers, so we combed through pinterest and came up with these. We found a free printable pattern at Prudent Baby (the pattern is here).  Or you can simply trace around your foot on a piece of paper and use the Prudent Baby free pattern as a basic guideline.

The foot/sole pattern says to cut:

2 Batting

2 Jiffy (see the Prudent Baby post to see what this is)

2 Lining

I ignored that and did (working with what I already had):

4 denim

4 fleece

For the horseshoe shape (place the pattern on a fold) I cut:

2 sweater

2 fleece

For the upper boot:

2 sweater (I cut about a 4-5 inch height and made sure the length would be nearly as long as the inside line of the entire horseshoe piece).  It’s good the use fabric with a bit of give in it (like wool and fleece).

2 fleece

What you need:

• an old sweater, wool works well.
• pair of old blue jeans
• fleece for slipper lining
• Tulip Dimensional Fabric Paint
• pattern (see above) 

Place pattern pieces, thinking of how to get the most out of your sweater, fleece and denim. If I had a bigger sweater, I would have probably made the upper boot section taller  – maybe 8 inches – to keep the drafts out.