After seeing these shoes in an Etsy shop, I decided to make some little shoes to go with the baby gift that I posted about yesterday. I mostly used the template and pattern for reversible baby shoes from Maked.
Well, this was my first attempt at making any kind of shoes. On the first go I tried to alter the pattern thinking “I don’t remember baby feet being that small.” But then I found some old baby shoes in a storage bin and realized that baby feet are that small. Adorable. Then I sewed a shoe correctly and decided that I didn’t want to fool with hand sewing the tiny thing closed and these didn’t need to be reversible, so I started over and used a different method for putting them together in the last step. I found this video helpful.
So once you get the hang of making these little slippers, they are quite fast and remarkable for something so simple. After all, who makes shoes? Factory workers in China, mostly. But that was a rhetorical question, wasn’t it?
Great job! I love those little shoes and the organic cotton fabric you made them from. I have some of the clouds from that line and am desperate to get the mushrooms and dots!
I asked myself your last question yesterday as I made homemade lasagna noodles for the first time. Who does this?
oh my goodness. does it get any cuter?
These are adorable–might have to make a small stash of baby gifts to have ready. My family/friends are kinda between generations. 🙂
these are adorable! thanks so much for the sharing you do … websites and what you make! love it!
Adorable. I need to get on making some for my baby boy.
these shoes are soooo cute!
i have ordered various baby shoes off etsy recently and are in love with how cute and little they are! might be time though to make my own!
They’re so sweet! I do like that new Cloud 9 fabric line – the toadstools look great against that yellow polka dot.
so cute, what a lucky baby and new mama!
Well my maiden name is Shumaker, so I used to get “So do you make shoes?” alot from students. I guess I should start whipping some of these up 🙂 Yours turned out so cute!
sweetest things ever!
They are SO cute! You did a great job!
Thank you so much for the link to my shop! I love your baby shoes, they turned out pretty cute!
Those are so cute! I’ve been tossing around the idea of making some baby stuff for my 4 mo. niece. Perhaps I should try it! 🙂 Very adorable.
Thanks, I have been looking for a pattern like this to make booties for our Outreach program.
I recently made some pajama pants and have been thinking about matching slippers for my 1 year old. These look amazing. However, would a larger sole make them last longer for him to potentially pass them along down to the next cousin? Or am I simply making it more complicated?
I meant leather sole haha
I couldn’t watch the video. It says that it can not be found. And the thing is that I want to make them. They look so very nice.
thank you for being very generous to give us the pattern & instructions.
My son and daughter-in-law just had twin girls 2 weeks
ago. I’ve been looking for an easy bootie pattern to make.
Thank you for pattern! Happy sewing!!
These are super cute! Would love to make them!
Thank you so much for this pattern, I made these and they turned out so adorable. The only steps I added was that I over edged the shoe and soles all around before I put the soles on and I found this made them so much easier to sandwich and less likely to fray because I was using flannel. These are so soft, sweet and easy to make! Thanks again!
How do i get the patterns tp print actual size ?
So cute. I can’t wait to try them for my friends baby shower. Just a quick question though.. how do I scale up for them? just photocopy it larger?
Thanks so much 😀
yes, it would seem that you could scale up the design, but I haven’t tried it.
What size is the pattern new born?
What is the name of that adorable fabric?