How to Make Some Cozy Slippers
When you are pleased with the placement of your hexagons, English Paper Piece your hexagons together into 4 rows, as shown in the picture. (A row with 5, 4, 3 and then 2 hexagons.)
Place your slipper top on batting and quilt or top stitch to your liking.
What makes sewing the slippers so easy is the free pattern generously offered by www.sewlover.com. Use the 2 pattern pieces in this free pattern that you can find and download here.
To make a right and a left slipper, just turn the pattern right side up and then wrong side up when cutting your pieces. Make adjustments for your foot size before cutting! The pattern size is in CM but it works out to USA size 6.5 - 8, although it can be adjusted easily.
1. For the slipper uppers, cut the batting slightly bigger than the finished piece. I used fusible batting to prevent any shifting. Start quilting from the bottom middle of the upper fabric, to make sure it looks even when finished. Sandwich the quilt top, two pieces of batting, and the backing fabric together.
2. Optional: Add Dritz Anti-Skid Gripper Fabric to the bottom of your slippers, to prevents falls.
3. I purchased double-fold binding at JoAnn, but if you want to make your own, there are lots of youtube tutorials.
4. Add extra layers of batting to the soles of your slippers to give them more cushion. Purchasing and adding Dr. Scholls shoe liners makes it even easier.
Quilt the entire sandwich with straight-ish lines.
Position the upper on the top of the sole as evenly as possible and clip in place. Stitch the upper to the sole using a 1/4″ seam allowance.
Open up the rest of the binding strip and pin or clip the raw edge of the binding strip to the raw edge of the slipper. Stitch the binding to the edge of the slipper, taking your time around the front and back curves.
