A while back I bought some cute little baby shoes on etsy. Ever since, I've thought about trying to make something similar. A friend of mine is having a baby soon so I thought it would be a good opportunity to give the wee shoes a whirl. I found a pattern in one of my sewing books, but those shoes had a strap with a snap fastener, and I wanted mine to be slip-ons. After searching around on the internet a bit, I found this video tutorial. I printed the pattern and got to stitching. These were sooo easy to make. I did do one thing differently, and that was to have a contrasting fabric for the sole, in the interior. You just pin it (with wrong sides together), to the outside of the shoe, so that the right side is facing out when you sew. Then when you turn it in, it is in the interior. The only tricky part was pinning the sole to the upper. I ended up making two pairs and a bib to go with one of them. Now I'd like a pair for myself.
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