How to Make Decorative Slippers

Series Summary

Slippers are a great way to keep your feet warm in the winter or on a cold night at home. They are made of a variety of materials but most often a soft and warm fabric is used to protect your feet from the cold. Slippers can be pretty ugly though, often coming in dark, depressing colors, or wild, outlandish patterns, so it can be hard to find slippers that fit into your style. The great thing about slippers, like all clothes, they can be altered and decorated to fit your needs. In this free video series, our expert will show you how to make decorative slippers. You will get step by step instructions for using scrap fabric to decorate your slippers, adding flowers and adding ribbons to your slippers. You will also learn how to make decorative slippers for a friend or family member to fit their personality. Get tips on using fabric and stitching patterns on slippers for the perfect touch to keep your feet nice and comfy.

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Judy from expertvillage.com. And I'm excited to be here to show how you take an ordinary slipper like this, either in black or in other colors and it make a real special gift for yourself or your best pal. Would I like to do is to take flowers, like this, artificial silk flowers, and you might have them around and as long as you have two of them, you can make a beautiful slipper. A couple of orchids here, we'd cut off the stems and now what Anna is going to do, she's going to cut off these little calyxes in the centers, cut that off. To make this special and make it look a little more ready to wear, then she's going to cut that off and then we're going to glue a pretty little crystal in the center. So there you have, gluing it away, and then she's going to put the crystal in the center, so then it doesn't quite look like you have just taken a flower out of vase and glued it on the slipper. Makes it look a little more special."