In this project you can create your own leather slippers, feel free to use different materials and colors.

The photos were taken by my lovely wife, she is also a instructables member

Step 1: Materials

You will need the following materials:

Step 2: Make a Cardboard Mold

This mold will be used as measure for the rest of the project

Follow the order:

This will be the bottom of the slippers.

Follow the order:

Image 3a - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (first right sole)
Image 3b - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (second right sole)
Image 3c - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (first left sole)
Image 3d - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the sponge carpet (second left sole)
Image 3e - Outline of four sponge carpet soles
Image 3f - With the scissors start to cut the sponge carpet soles
Image 3g - Cut the first one
Image 3h - Cut the third one
Image 3i - Cut the fourth one
Image 3j - All the four sponge carpet soles

This will be the layer to put the foot

Follow the order:

Image 4a - Use the right foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the back of the leather
Image 4b - The entire outline
Image 4c - Use the left foot cardboard mold and draw the outline on the back of the leather
Image 4d - The two leather soles outline
Image 4e - Draw a second outline about 1cm from the previous one
Image 4f - Make the same to the second sole
Image 4g - The entire second outline in the leather soles
Image 4h - Use the scissors to cut the first sole through the second outline (black line)
Image 4i - Use the scissors to cut the second sole through the second outline (black line)
Image 4j - The two leather soles

It's time to glue the various soles

Follow the order:

Image 5a - Apply glue in the right foot sponge carpet sole
Image 5b - Glue the second sponge carpet sole to the previous one
Image 5c - Apply glue in the blue sole
Image 5d - Glue the blue sole to the previous one
Image 5e - Aplly glue in the back of the leather sole
Image 5f - Apply glue on the top of the blue sole and on top of the sponge carpet sole
Image 5g - Glue the leather sole to the previous one
Image 5h - With your fingers crease the leather around the sole
Image 5i - Zoom in on leather crease
Image 5j - Use the pegs to aplly pressure in all sole
Image 5k - Wait about 5 minutes to let the glue dry
Image 5l - Remove the pegs
Image 5m - One sole is ready
Image 5n - Repeat these steps to glue the left foot soles

Using the lockstitch sewing awl - Sew with needle in the same position at all times

Follow the order:

Image 6a - The lockstitch sewing awl
Image 6b - Start sewing from top to bottom
Imace 6c - Grab the loose thread
Image 6d - Pull enough thread to sewing the entire sole plus a little bit more
Image 6e - Pull back the awl
Image 6f - Move the awl at proper distance for width of stitch desired
Image 6g - Insert the needle through the soles
Image 6h - Insert loose thread end through loop holding reel firmly so it will not turn
Image 6i - Pass the entire loose thread to the loop
Image 6j - Pull needle and thread with equal force in opposite directions to form the stitch

Now it's easy

Follow the order:

Image 7a - Move the awl at proper distance for width of stitch desired
Image 7b - Insert the needle through the soles
Image 7c - Insert loose thread end through loop holding reel firmly so it will not turn
Image 7d - Pass the entire loose thread to the loop
Image 7e - Pull needle and thread with equal force in opposite directions to form the stitch

Repeat untill you reached the end of the sole