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Stitch a pair of padded slippers and an embroidered sleep mask for a cosy sleepover or girlie evening in. Ideal for stash busting, all you need is a few fat quarters, plus some wadding and heavyweight interfacing to make this pretty set. It’s a great project for practising your embroidery skills and binding curved edges.
Stitch a pair of slippers
Download and print the templates from the tab above. Cut a complete inner sole from scrap paper and stand one foot on the template. If it is too short, cut along the lengthen/shorten line and stick a strip of paper in the gap to increase the template. If the inner sole is too long for your foot, fold under the excess length along the same line. Adjust the outer sole templates by the same amount.
Cut one 30cm square from white cotton and wadding, two inner soles from pelmet weight and ultra-heavy interfacing, two outer soles from calico, four slipper uppers from green patterned fabric and two from plain white fabric and wadding. Also cut four 2.5cm x 35cm bias strips from pink patterned fabric for the binding.
Starting 4cm in from and parallel with one edge, use a sharp pencil to draw five parallel lines 1.5cm apart on the right side of the white patterned fabric square. Repeat on the opposite edge of the fabric. Place the wadding square on the wrong side of the white one, followed by the patterned square right side up on top. Pin the layers together. Stitch along the drawn lines to quilt.
Draw around the outer sole template twice on the quilted f
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