Bunny slipper mission redux

Undaunted by the unavailability of adult size bunny slippers I decided to make my own just like McGuyver would do if bunny slippers could be made from Duct tape. I had considered Titanic slippers for my enormous size 10US/41EUR feet but I couldn't control my lust for bunny cuteness. :)

So, should you wish to make a pair for yourself, it's pretty easy to do.

I. Materials

• A pair of boiled wool slippers from Garnet Hill [ product #4664 ]
• 2 black 1-1.5 inch pom-pons
• Felt for ears in a matching colour to slippers and pink. I used needled cotton batting for the ears since I couldn't find any nice wool felt.
• 20 guage copper wire for bendy ears
• 1 skein of black DMC crewel thread
• 1 skein of pink DMC embroidery thread
• 1 skein of ecru or dark grey embroidery thread to match slipper colour
• 1 crewel needle
• 1 embroidery needle
• 1 pencil or fabric pencil
• 1 pair of scissors
• 1 tube Goop Crafter's contact adhesive
• a couple of pins

II. Attach Tail and stitch nose and eyes

• Take pom-pon and attach it to the back of the slipper with a length of the black crewel thread.
• With the pencil, mark a nose shape and two dots for eyes onto the slipper.
• With the crewel needle and the black crewel thread, cover the nose area completely using a satin stitch.
• The eyes are made of French knots
• The whiskers are made by taking a double strand of the black crewel thread and looping it under the nose and tying it off on the edge threads. When tied off, you may cut and style.

III. Making The Ears

• Cut out 8 pieces shaped like an almond of the felt in the colour that matches your slippers and 4 pieces slightly smaller in the pink colour.
• Take the Goop adhesive and the copper wire and attach a piece of copper to the middle of the almond shaped felt. Do this for 4 times and set them aside to dry.
• The remaining 4 pieces of matching felt and the pink felt should be stitched together using a back stitch down the center of the pink felt piece using the embroidery needle and 2 strands of the pink embroidery thread.
• Using a piece of ear with the copper wire, coat the felt [ copper side up ] with Goop Adhesive and place the piece with the pink felt attached on top of it with the pink felt up.
• Sew up the edges using the embroidery needle and 2 strands of the matching thread with the blanket stitch.
• Now you should be ready to attach them to the slipper using the same needle and thread using a back stitch.
• You now have bunny slippers, enjoy! :)