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Tutorial by Rae: Dragon Slippers

PostedFebruary 15, 2011

I thought Id kick off our month of boy with a tutorial for these extracute dragon slippers. Elliot is really

into monsters and dragons lately. When he asks me to tell him a story at night, the usual request is for the

kind I make up about Prince Elliot and his friend Drew the Dragon. Nothing special, just a boy and a

dragon and their silly adventures, but he loves it. For awhile Id even catch him occasionally talking to an

imaginary Drew. *cute* So I thought these little dragon (monster? lizard? dinosaur?) slippers would be

perfect to keep those little toes warm on our hardwood floors.

The little black button eyes are key to making them look like creatures:
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and the little tongues are pretty hilarious.
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Elliot got really excited about the first green pair I made him and wore them all over the house right away.

They were a little snug so I made the blue pair a little bigger, and now Clementine has started wearing the

first pair. Even though theyre way too big for her, they stay on pretty well with theelastic around the

ankle. So now Ive got two kids walking around in these!
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Although I designed this slipper especially for Celebrate the Boy Month, I think youll find that other

members of your family might want a pair as well. The good news is that the pattern for these slippers is

made by tracing the wearers foot, so this might actually work for any size boy (or girl!)

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Step 1 (left):Trace both feet of the wearer carefully. If you have to let the wearer play Mario Kart or

Angry Birds to make this happen, no one here is going to hold that against you.

Step 2 (right): Using a piece of tracing paper or a dryer sheet, superimpose both foot outlines with the

heels overlapping. Smooth out any bumps as you trace.
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Step 3 (left):Trace an extra 3/8 to 1/2 around the entire pair of outlines (shown in red marker),

clearing both toes and adding a little length in the front if you want some room to grow. You can see

where I did this at the top of the toes. Note: adding 3/8 will produce an exact-fitting slipper, so I

recommend adding some extra for growing children.

Step 4 (right):Now cut this shape out of paper (this will be your final pattern piece for the sole; we dont

want all those lines on the final pattern) and trace a line 1/4 from the outside edge to mark your seam

line.

Step 5 (left):Measure around your seam line carefully with a measuring tape or string. Elliots slipper

seam line measured 44 cm.

Step 6 (right):Now take half of the seam measurement and write that number down. We will call this

number X and we need it to make the upper pattern piece for the slipper (see next step). So for Elliot,

X=22 cm
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1/2 wide elastic+ safety pin

4 small black buttons+ needle and thread

Also recommended: a stretch needle for your sewing machine

Step 1 (left):For each slipper, youll need to cut out four upper pieces, two tongue pieces and one sole.

So for eachpairof slippers, cut 8 upper pieces, four tongue pieces, and two soles. The instructions here

will be for ONE slipper, so youll have to repeat each step to get a pair.

Hint: Cut the fleece for the upper parts of the slippers with the stretchiest direction of the fleece running

parallel to the bottom of the foot. If you look carefully at the diagram above, youll also see that I curved

the front edge of the slipper when I cut the pieces out.

Step 2 (right):Sew ric-rac along the front edge of a slipper upper piece, with the edge of the ricrac lined

up with the front edge of the fleece. Try to stitch along the middle of the ricrac as close to the front edge of

the ric-rac as possible without going off the ricrac at all, if that makes sense. If that doesnt make sense to

you, just stitch down the center of the ric-rac.
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Step 3 (left):Pin another slipper upper to the one you just stitched the ric-rac to, and stitch along your

ric rac stitch line to sew together with a 1/4 seam.

Step 4 (right): Sew the back side of the slipper; repeat steps 3 and 4 for the lining of the slipper.

Step 5 (left):Turn lining inside out and place outside of slipper over it (so their right sides are facing).Sew together around the top edge with a 1/4 seam.

Step 6 (right):Turn both right side out. Now push the lining back inside slipper (not shown)
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Steps 7-9 are optional but HIGHLY recommended for babies/toddlers.

Also note: I did sew the tongue to the top part of the slipper at this point when I made the

green slippers, but Id recommend waiting until Step 11 instead.

Step 7 (left):Sew two lines around the outside of the slipper for the elastic casing, one roughly halfway

up the slipper, and the next about 3/4 above that. I usually try to line up the stitching with valleys in the

ric rac, and I backstitch before and after the ric rac instead of sewing over it, which can flatten it.

(right)Remember to leave a hole in the lower line of stitching to allow for the elastic to go in.
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Step 8 (left):Cut elastic roughly the length of the slipper and put a safety pin at the end. I find I actually

need about an inch less than this, but its always good to have a little extra.

Step 9 (right): Thread elastic through casing. Pin ends and try on your child if possible, adjust elastic

length if necessary, then zigzag stitch back and forth through both layers of elastic to secure.

Step 10 (left): Sew two of the tongue pieces together with a 1/4 seam along the curved edges.

Step 11 (right):Attach tongue to the center front of the outside of the sole by sewing across the short

side of the tongue.

(left) The upper part of your slipper should now look something like this photo, minus the tongue. Now

turn it inside out (not shown).
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Step 11 (right): Take a look at the front center seam of your slipper. If its a little bit pointy, trim it

slightly at the center seam so that its a more curved. This step is optional but I find it makes it easier to

sew the upper part of the slipper to the sole. I did this with the blue slippers (but not the green ones

because I had curved their pieces a little more when I cut them out) and found it helps make a nicer

looking slipper.

Step 12 (left): Pin center front and center back of slipper to sole with outsides facing (the inside of the

sole and the inside of the upper part of the slipper should be facing out). Pin around entire slipper,

carefully lining up all three edges as you pin. You may need to stretch the fleece a little to fit around the

sole, thats just fine.

Step 13 (right above and left below):Sew together using a stretch needle and a 1/4 seam allowance.
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Step 16:Sew buttons on either side of ric rac to resemble eyes. Safety reminder: please embroider the

eyes using just thread rather than using buttons for very young children or babies!

Try slippers on toddler and watch as excitement unfold!

If you make a pair of these slippers, please put your pictures in the Celebrate the Boy photo pool so we can

all enjoy them! And as is often the case, I havent tried scaling this pattern down/up for babies or adults,

but if you try it, let us know how it works!

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