I hope this doesn’t spoil a surprise for anybody whose gift hasn’t arrived in the post yet, but this is why I’ve been a little bit busy and stressed out over the past few weeks.
There’s only one item missing from the photo call, and that’s a hat that I knitted for Paul, mostly in the [...]

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It has to be said that I used to do an awful lot of thinking about shoes - not to mention an awful lot of buying!
I had a hip operation a few years ago, and ever since I’ve had to be a bit more sensible about these things. I wear orthotics inside all my shoes, [...]

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So, I’ve made a few pairs of slippers now, and they seemed to go quite well. I thought I would attempt the next stage in the experiment towards being able to make my own shoes.

In the left hand photo, the slippers have completely finished uppers. At this point I would normally attach a felt [...]

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After the slight technical difficulty with Daniel’s slippers I did a bit of unpicking and attached the soles in a slightly different way.
Here they are, with big brother Edward’s skull slippers, enjoying the sunshine:

Both of these pairs were made from drawings of the boys’ feet.
I’m slightly concerned that Daniel and Edward won’t be heavy enough [...]

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Today I’ve been making slippers for Daniel, my colleague’s smallest son.
I’ve been following the instructions from Kwik Sew pattern 3323.
The Kwik Sew pieces are simple ovals, which can be worn on either foot, so I drew out my own pattern pieces to make them the same shape as Daniel’s feet. I then assembled all the [...]

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, your slippers are finished! I hope you like them. :)
This pair were made to fit a drawing of ’s feet, which she sent to me using the Power of the Internet. I now need to post them across the Atlantic, and hope that they fit when they get there!

These are made in the same [...]

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The monkey slippers are finished!
I added some felt soles, with a decorative blanket stitch to neatly finish off the edges. I hadn’t worked blanket stitch for approximately 28 years, but it was lovely to have a look through my Great Aunt’s sewing book from 1940, for a little refresher course. :)

I love these monkey [...]

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Today I have been mostly making monkey slippers!
I promised to make a pair of slippers for a friend, so I thought I’d better make a prototype for myself first, to figure a few things out. I had just enough monkey fabric left from my Superbuzzy order, so I couldn’t resist using it up.
I have plans [...]

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