I started out to make a pair of slippers. When I wore them they tended to wander around on my foot so I decided to add a sole (so the sole would stay on the bottom of my foot!). I deconstructed an old pair of sneakers leaving the suede trim attached to the sole. I then hand stitched the felt boots into the suede trim. Challenging and resulted in several finger punctures and aching hands. It's difficult to find the holes from the previous stitching so a leather (glovers) needle is essential and make sure it's sturdy, I bent one trying to push it through the leather. I found needle nosed pliers helpful and the second shoe went much faster than the first. I attached braided leather loops to the suede mid foot and put grommets on some suede "wings" at the heel. The loops and grommets enabled me to add lacing. They are very warm as I discovered when I wore them to the movies tonight.
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