You may remember that I made slipper lasts several months ago....
As you can see from that post, I made them much larger than my feet and consequently, never found them to be of any real utility.
Recently, though, I decided to take another 'whack' at it...
...after seeing Sally Pointer's wonderful tutorial.
I used duct tape as before...
...but this time, I merely wrapped my feet in plastic grocery bags prior to taping...
...no socks! :)
I also used plastic grocery bags as stuffing...
...instead of polyfill and stones.
I used my usual resist slipper form...
...and some batts in variegated colors.
After felting them and cutting them apart...
...I turned them inside out to continue felting and fulling them a bit longer.
Then, instead of putting them on my feet to finish them...
...I rubber-banded them to the lasts, popped them into a net laundry bag...
...and threw them into the washing machine.
When rinsed and dried, I painted the bottoms with latex like Nicola does.
The top photo shows the two part liquid latex that I found in an art supply store...
...and the scale I used to weigh equal volumes from the yellow and blue bottles.
My 'sole application' wasn't perfect...
...in fact, it was quite patchy and bumpy (and I only bothered using one layer)...
...but I applied it to all of my finished 'indoor' slippers and it works like a charm.
No more slipping and sliding!
