Saturday, April 23, 2011

Fairy Slippers




Some time ago I reading Stitch magazine I came across a pattern by Annette Emms for making fairy slippers. They enchanted me and I've been wanting to make a pair ever since. This month my friend Heather who lives in Australia and I have chosen this pattern as our monthly challenge.

The slippers are about 3" long and made of dupioni silk with a felt backing and machine embroidered. I've embellished this pair with cotton embroidery, beads and pearls and metallic threads. I'll be posting later more slippers that I've made which I have used silk ribbon embroidery to embellish.

The hard part of all this stitching is choosing which pair to send off to Australia.

4 comments:

  1. Diane, these are absolutely beautiful, but sadly they're too small to fit me. I'm feeling a bit like the ugly step sisters!

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  2. They are just wonderful...wow!!

    Oh, too funny I was thinking I read about the trampoline on your site...sorry!! It was a funny story though from one of your classmates.

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  3. They are so beautiful! I am wanting to make a pair myself! x

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  4. they are adorable.....so where do you actually put them once they are done? do you hang them? You really are fantastic with fabrics.

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