Leather Slippers

In this project you can create your own leather slippers, feel free to use different materials and colors.

The photos were taken by my lovely wife, she is also a instructables member

Materials

You will need the following materials:

This mold will be used as measure for the rest of the project

Follow the order:

This will be the bottom of the slippers.

Follow the order:

Image 3a - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (first right sole)
Image 3b - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (second right sole)
Image 3c - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (first left sole)
Image 3d - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (second left sole)
Image 3e - Outline of four sponge carpet soles
Image 3f - With the scissors start to cut the sponge carpet soles
Image 3g - Cut the first one
Image 3h - Cut the third one
Image 3i - Cut the fourth one
Image 3j - All the four sponge carpet soles

This will be the layer to put the foot

Follow the order:

Image 4a - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the back of the leather
Image 4b - The entire outline
Image 4c - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the back of the leather
Image 4d - The two leather soles outline
Image 4e - Draw a second outline about 1cm from the previous one
Image 4f - Make the same to the second sole
Image 4g - The entire second outline in the leather soles
Image 4h - Use the scissors to cut the first sole through the second outline (black line)
Image 4i - Use the scissors to cut the second sole through the second outline (black line)
Image 4j - The two leather soles

It's time to glue the various soles

Follow the order:

Image 5a - Apply glue in the right foot sponge carpet sole
Image 5b - Glue the second sponge carpet sole to the previous one
Image 5c - Apply glue in the blue sole
Image 5d - Glue the blue sole to the previous one
Image 5e - Aplly glue in the back of the leather sole
Image 5f - Apply glue on the top of the blue sole and on top of the sponge carpet sole
Image 5g - Glue the leather sole to the previous one
Image 5h - With your fingers crease the leather around the sole
Image 5i - Zoom in on leather crease
Image 5j - Use the pegs to aplly pressure in all sole
Image 5k - Wait about 5 minutes to let the glue dry
Image 5l - Remove the pegs
Image 5m - One sole is ready
Image 5n - Repeat these steps to glue the left foot soles

Using the lockstitch sewing awl - Sew with needle in the same position at all times

Follow the order:

Image 6a - The lockstitch sewing awl
Image 6b - Start sewing from top to bottom
Imace 6c - Grab the loose thread
Image 6d - Pull enough thread to sewing the entire sole plus a little bit more
Image 6e - Pull back the awl
Image 6f - Move the awl at proper distance for width of stitch desired
Image 6g - Insert the needle through the soles
Image 6h - Insert loose thread end through loop holding reel firmly so it will not turn
Image 6i - Pass the entire loose thread to the loop
Image 6j - Pull needle and thread with equal force in opposite directions to form the stitch

Now it's easy

Follow the order:

Image 7a - Move the awl at proper distance for width of stitch desired
Image 7b - Insert the needle through the soles
Image 7c - Insert loose thread end through loop holding reel firmly so it will not turn
Image 7d - Pass the entire loose thread to the loop
Image 7e - Pull needle and thread with equal force in opposite directions to form the stitch

Repeat untill you reached the end of the sole