Comfy Slippers for those Cold Morning

I've added flannel pajamas and nightgowns to my fall and winter inventory. I love working with flannel because it's soft and cuddly. After sewing a few outfits, I decided they needed a pair of matching slippers.

I make sandals for the spring and summer outfits and thought slippers would be fast and easy. I looked through my patterns and discovered a McCall’s pattern and sewed it up…

Boy, was I wrong!! It was fast and easy but the fit was horrendous! The bottom was too short  and flexible. The top was so loose that they kept falling off the doll's feet.

And so began my quest for an easy yet perfect fit slipper....

For the sole pattern, I used the sandal's sole since I knew it was the right length. For the slipper top I started with a half moon shaped piece of material and pinned it to the sole piece while on the doll's foot. 

Pattern success...
                     now on to the prototype...

My vision was to cover the cardboard insoles with flannel, glue the tops around the front insoles, hot glue foam bottoms to insole bottoms, then glue braiding around edge where the insole and bottom meet. Simple, right? Not so! The foam soles just did not look right on the slipper. Changed to flannel covered cardboard for both the insole and sole and changed from hot glue to the cool glue gun to have a thinner line of glue. Last step, hot glued yarn around the soles and bows atop the slippers.

Finally, satisfied with the results.

But wait,

what do you think about flannel or velour bathrobes to complete the night time outfits?