When The Floor Gets Chilly

What do you do when the floor of your room gets chilly?

The harmattan is still very much around over here, and my room floor is always as cold as a dog nose. This made me put on socks most of the time during the day, because my body system does catch cold easily.

I do love my socks so much and feels comfortable wearing them all the time; the problem is they get old easily because I will have to wash them frequently.

For today's creative Sunday, I thought of a solution to the problem: why don't I create in-house footwear so that I get to reserve my socks for use when I have to go outside only?

So guys, that is my footwear backstory. And now I get to share with you the step-by-step process.

I have got this very fluffy showel belonging to my son that he no longer uses; it makes a perfect material for the footwear.

Other materials needed are:

✓ Ruling tape
✓scissors
✓pen
✓ sewing machine
✓ sewing thread

It's very easy to make once I figured out how to accurately cut my size; the rest is easy. Only that I'm terrible at cutting ✂️ out shapes, and the right size 🤭 I had to practice with different pieces of materials before using my main material for the cutting.

To be honest, I felt like giving up at some point, but that would have been fucked up, so I persisted.

Step-by-step process:

Step 1:

I laid my material on the floor, placed one of my slippers on it to get the size of my foot, and I then measured it with tape. For the size of my leg, I measured 28 cm in length by 16 cm in height. I marked the measurements with my biro and used scissors to cut out the shape. I repeated this four times to cut out four pieces of clothes.

Step 2:

I folded two of the pieces into equal halves, placed a round object on the top, I marked the line with a biro, and then placed the object at the down part and marked out another shape line.After this I traced out the lines with scissors to get the desired shapes.

Step 3:

I placed a tape to mark out the sowing area.

Step 4:

I placed my shoe on the plain material to mark and cut out the soles. I repeated steps 2 to 4 to make the other pairs.

Step 5:

The sewing: Well, I do not have sewing machines at home, and I, as well, do not want to use just a needle and thread, but lucky for me, there is a tailoring shop, the owner a very welcoming elderly man, down my street. I made a little trip down to his shop and asked his daughter to walk me through the sewing process.

I put one of the pieces on top of the sole and sew it round. And in less than thirty minutes I was done sewing for the two feets, and I have my comfy footwear ready to keep my foot warm and comfortable.

Here is the final look. I love this so much; it feels so comfortable and kept my foot warm.

So comfy ❣️

I made one for my son, and he enjoys rocking it. I will probably make a few more soon so that we can be interchanging them and for my husband as well when I get another suitable material.