How to Make Moccasins

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a paper grocery bag and cut it open so that it is at its largest possible surface area.

   You need to surface of the paper bag to be large enough to trace both of your feet.
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   Step 2: Take a pen or pencil and trace your left foot with a seam allowance of about 1/8 of an inch.

   , Use a pen or pencil to draw a straight line by connecting the dots you just marked. , This outline will be the sole of your moccasin and should look like a foot with a T-shape near the middle. ,, Trace the outside edge of your hands onto the template. , Leave 1⁄2 inch (1.3 cm) of space between the rounded peak of the triangle and your toes, and one inch of space between the base of the triangle and your heel. , This is your template for your left foot.
   
   If you flip it over, you have a template for your right foot.
   
   Be careful when cutting, you have to get it exactly right, otherwise it might be too big or too small
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   Step 3: Keep your foot on the paper and trace your fingers straight down from the high inside arch of your foot

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   Step 4: marking dots where they connect to the paper.

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   Step 5: Lift your foot off of the template and continue the line you just created down to the heel of the outline and extend it one inch past the end of the heel.

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   Step 6: Put your palms face down on the paper and place the tips of your thumbs on the top of the T-shape with your nails and top knuckles touching.

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   Step 7: Squeeze your fingers together and bring the index fingers to touch.

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   Step 8: Start at the side of the template where you just marked the outside of your palms and draw lines to the tip of the foot outline and the base of the heel to create a triangular shape with a rounded peak.

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   Step 9: Cut the entire triangle out.

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