Latest Baby Shoes

I just can't get enough of these.  I was actually pondering opening a shop to sell them, but I frankly don't have the time right now.  Something about the whole three children ages 6 and under.....  :)

Anyway.  Here's the latest, all made from free patterns:

These darlings just might be my current favorite.  They were made from a free pattern found here, but adapted quite a bit.  Fabric from JoAnn, buttons from my stash.

Everyone needs a pair of Mary Janes!  Free pattern found here.  Adapted in that I did not make a velcro strap; I just used fold over elastic instead.  More comfy and more likely to stay on!  Fabric from JoAnn, fold over elastic from The Ribbon Retreat.

And an old favorite, the faux Robeez pattern, found here.  Thin grey leather from Brettuns Village, lining and yo-yo fabric from JoAnn.

Baby shoes

This has to be my favorite baby gift ever.  Darling little shoes.  I will admit to a bit of a learning curve, but once I figured them out, the process became pretty easy.

I made each of these pairs of shoes from a free pattern from another generous blogger.

Kimono Shoes (fabric from JoAnn, buttons from my stash)

Faux Robeez (leather from Brettuns Village, leather dye from Angelus, lining bleached muslin, buttons from my stash)

Mila Shoes (lace from Walmart, lining bleached muslin, fold over elastic from my stash)

(though if I had it to do over again, I'd use black for the inner most lining so the stitches wouldn't show.  Live and learn.)

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Faux Robeez and a simple Fabric Flower

I love Robeez.  I think they are awesome shoes for baby.  And I also think they are pretty expensive shoes for baby, and I don't like to spend so much money on shoes they will wear for such a short time!  But making an imitation pair is pretty quick and VERY inexpensive.

A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me an awesome free pattern she had found online for these shoes.  You can find it here from stardust shoes.  I won't give you step-by-step instructions for sewing the shoe, as you'll find that in the pattern.  But I will tell you about the supplies I chose and how I made the decorative flowers.

So I chose a faux leather from the home decor fabrics at JoAnn.  This one.  And then plain ole bleached muslin for the lining.  Since the faux leather is so heavy and sturdy, I skipped the interfacing.  (If you want to do real leather, check my pinterest board here for some inexpensive scrap leather sources.)

Now making that simple leather flower!  First, cut six circles out of your leather (or other fabric), three for each shoe.  Mine were inch circles that I cut using the Sizzix Circles No.4 Die and my Big Shot.  Now fold the circles in half,

and sew a little triangle from the middle point to the edge, making sure you backstitch at each end.

Then trim off the excess.

Fold out, and voila!

Your petal.  Repeat.  Then arrange in a triangle shape, overlapping edges as you go.

Sew into place.  Add your embellishment (in my case, buttons from my stash), and you're done!

These simple flowers make great accessories to add to shoes, handbags, jewelry, hair accessories, etc.

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