{"id":239,"date":"2004-12-26T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2004-12-26T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/12\/show-and-tell\/"},"modified":"2011-01-10T09:29:13","modified_gmt":"2011-01-10T14:29:13","slug":"show-and-tell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/12\/show-and-tell\/","title":{"rendered":"Show and Tell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is one of the projects I was working on before Christmas! They are slippers made from felted wool sweaters.<\/p>\n

I was inspired by these slippers<\/a> that I saw linked to on someones (sorry?) blog. It reminded me of an old article in Threads Magazine<\/a>, and, lucky me, I was able to get a copy at our library. The Threads article gave me the main piece of information I needed- where to find the thick piece of wool felt for the inner sole. Turns out a convenient source is a press cushion<\/a> from Dick Blick<\/a>. I bought one that was 12″ x 26″ ($16.99), but unfortunately it wasn’t big enough for 4 pairs… not good planning. Poor Peter has cold feet. When the new piece arrives, I will make more- a pair for him and a pair for me.<\/p>\n

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Here is an in progress picture. I don’t have a vise in my workroom… which would have been very useful for this project. Getting the thread through all the layers was a 2 handed and sometimes pliers job, so I clamped the slipper onto an open drawer. And here is a better picture of one pair finished-<\/p>\n

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The slippers are made of old and\/or damaged wool sweaters which I felted in the washing machine.
\nThere are 5 pieces per slipper-
\n1. top- over the toes, 2. back- around the heel, 3. inside sole (these 3 pieces are the recycled sweater pieces). 4. inside sole of 1\/4 ” felt from Dick Blick (although it is more like 3\/8″) and 5. ultrasuede bottom soles. The ultrasuede was recycled from some really hideous estate sale fashions.
\nThe heavy felt piece is glued in a sandwich to the top inner sole and the bottom sole. The rest is handsewn together and blanket stitched around the edge.<\/p>\n

I know this isn’t enough information to actually make a pair- just a general idea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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