Indoor shoes are associated with comfort, home warmth. It's nice, coming from the street, to change into cozy slippers. Sewn by the hands of a loved one, they will remind of his care and love.
The old bag turns …
Everyone can make simple men's leather slippers; this does not require buying expensive material. In every house there are out-of-use bags, boots, leather jackets that collect dust on the mezzanine, litter the apartment, but it turns out that this is an excellent raw material for making home shoes.
To create a masterpiece, you need soft leather for the upper and denser leather for the sole, as well as:
- artificial fur;
- lining fabric;
- strong threads;
- punch;
- glue.
Sewing home shoes will take a little time, but the gratitude of a man who will receive soft cozy slippers as a gift will be limitless.
Like other garments, home shoes are sewn by building a pattern. You can rip up old sneakers and make a pattern on them, there is no desire to do unnecessary work, take a thick sheet of paper, step on it and circle the foot. Add 1.5 cm on all sides for a loose fit, cut out. And a very simple way is to trace the outline of the old shoes.
To carve out a detail on the upper, bend the sole in half and circle the toe, this will be the top. If you want to get a very accurate pattern of the upper part, measure the height of the foot and the length of the bend. On paper, draw a line equal to the height of the foot, divide it in half, and from the middle draw a perpendicular equal to the length of the bend of the foot. Connect the three points with a rounded smooth line, you get an exact pattern of the upper part.
Cut out leather and lining pieces. Fur can be used as a lining, in this case the pattern must be increased. Glue the lining fabric to the top. Make a three-layer sole: leather, felt insole, lining. Cut out a fabric piping, in tone or contrast, and sew over the hem of the top and the perimeter of the sole. The parts are ready, now they need to be assembled.
Bond the upper and sole by gluing them together. For a secure connection and decor, braid the slippers with a leather cord. To do this, cut out narrow, 0.5 cm strips of leather, punch holes in the sole and upper part of the hole (there is no punch - pierce with an awl) and lay the braid.
Lightweight flip-flops for summer cottages
You can make men's lightweight open slippers out of leather. Draw the sole, draw two rectangles 10 cm long and 6-8 cm wide to the sole, you should get the letter T, cut out the details. Duplicate them with backing material. Join base and lining, piping or braiding. Close the side parts in a ring and sew them, or connect with braid, or fasten with buttons, as your fantasy tells you.
