Christmas gifts I made
 

I made these slippers after many attempts at the soles. Pattern called for the prepunched holes and you stitch on the outside. I came up with a different way to doing it and it looked so much smoother.

The chairs I did for my grandchildren. The rocker part is not attached yet. It didn't have the curved wood, but the springs that made it rock. My son built the larger frame and the smaller one I got at a yardsale. It was supposed to be one of those sample chairs used by furniture stores to show the real chair. A demo I guess you call it.

Barb

I can't seem to get more then one picture in the thread...trying again.

I like the chairs and the slippers. How did you make the slippers. Good job

The slippers are from a pattern by Simplicity. I don't have the pattern number with me at this moment but if you are interested I can get it for you. It calls for you to order the soles from simplicity.com, but I didn't have the time to do that. So I experimented with the soles. I found some really heavy upholstery suede from JoAnn Fabrics and used that. I cut the band around the top (got to be on the bias......very important) and then laying it flat on the top part of the slipper I stitched halfway up. After stitching I folded it down to match the bottom of the slipper.....cut my sole and stitched it to that. I also used headliner fabric for the inside of the bottom for cushion. I spray glued that on. The trick was to get the right size of the sole cut out. I found that for a Medium size (6-7-1/2) the sole was to be cut at 11 inches. It was a trial and error thing until I got it right. After that, they were so simple to make. The hardest part was cutting the fur to the pattern.

Love your chairs. Cute slippers too

Nice work on all projects. Chairs an slippers. joyce j

Very nice stuff. those chairs are so cute.

Wow, well done!

The slippers are just darling.. would love to make them my next year Christmas project.. But they look so hard to make,

very nice gifts.