There's no better way to cover a baby's precious toes than with a pair of soft, snug hand-sewn booties. They may seem daunting, but these slippers are made easy with ingenious templates. Add subtle detailing here and there with punched holes, trim, or snap closures.
Shoe How-To
1. Use our templates. Pin templates to wool felt; cut out. To make the heel seam, which shapes the top part of the slipper, fold the upper piece in half, and stitch along the straight edge.
2. Pin the top of shoe to the sole. Sew the pieces together. Turn inside out, hiding the seams. Glue rickrack on the outside or inside rim of the instep, or hole punch a pattern. Sew a button or snap on one strap; make a button slit or sew on the other piece of the snap on the opposite strap. Attach a tiny ribbon bow to the top of each shoe, if desired.
This is a creative handmade gift idea and I am sure friends/relatives would love to receive a DIY unique pair of shoes for their newborn. Not only that, parents can also then add details to complement their creativity and wish to impart to their children. Perhaps if we were to blow up the size of the template picture, maybe we will then be able to create matching extra large shoes for ourselves to match our childrens' shoes.
Here are some other adorable baby booties too! www.etsy.com/shop/RuffleCrochet
Hi, ok in regards on how-to make these adorable little booties....what I did was printed out the template for the other felt baby booties on marthastewart.com and used only the sole template, I then cut out the template given for the ones we are doing now to get an idea of what to do, you will see as you lay it out how this works. I mimiked the first patterns upper template to match the sole and voila it is quite fun to see it come together so easy! ")
Love these shoes and want to make them for my little girl. Can anyone tell me how to enlarge the pattern without making the shoe wider?
Lovely stuff... I will give it a go..
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Cute as can be! No idea how to make them from that template!
absolutely awesome!!!!!
Nice shoes, not sure how hard to make them. There are a lot of awesome wool felt shoes on etsy as well, like this shop redmush.etsy.com
How do you enlarge the template?
Ugh, my comment keeps getting cut off, but look up "baby booties" and you can find the templates and how-to. http://www.marthastewart.com/article/baby-booties?backto=true
Mazaya: I was looking for those too! Heres the how-to
Mazaya: I was looking for those too! Heres the how-to
I was looking for the instructions on how to do the felt baby shoes found with his link: http://www.marthastewart.com/photogallery/sewing-projects-for-kids#slide_17 But I ended up on this page which obviously has the instructions for a different type of baby shoes. Can someone redirect me to the right page? Thank you!
these are so easy to make! I used this pattern to make some shoes for a doll i made and im about to make some out of wool felt for my friends baby. to too cute.
These are really cute! I saw some cute baby shoes at http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6875487 as well, really like her stuff!
If you click on the print button the instructions and template show up on there :-)
I also know the tutorial was here, I looked at it about a month ago and didn't get to making them. If anyone has the instructions please let me know.
So where are the instructions??????? Templates??????
I would really love to make these....instructions anyone? PLEASE! They are too cute to pass by!
hello i realy loved this idea i wolud realy want to make them so i will apreciate some one post the how to please
Hello: Does anybody monitor these comments? Would love to make these shoes, but no instructions, templates
The instructions have misteriously vanished. They were there before! Please post them because I would love to make these for my sisters baby. Thanks.
I can't find the instructions or template for this?
If you look at the template "UPPER" you can follow the center lines or middle lines, that is where youwill cut along those lines only and it creates its own straps!
HELP!! I don't get how this works!!?? Where do the straps
come from??
Thks.... p. sullivan
use gripper material used for childrens pj's. It is available by the yard at JoAnn Fabric.
These are great for the little ones. I make them to match their outfits . I use fusable web and fuse fabric, to match the outfit, to felt (a color to match the fabric and ric-rac). Then cut out and construct the slipper as instructed.
For "Doll Slippers"-- Make a smaller size pattern (with computer) . Follow the instructions for the regular size slipper.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE FELT BOOTIES - BUT WHAT TEMPLATE IT DOSN'T SHOW ONE - WHERE DO I FIND IT ?
Oh, and when cutting, on the pattern it says to enlarge it 1/4 inch--that means measure the length of the baby's feet and add 1/4" to that. That is for the seam allowance and room for toe-wiggling.
Eternity: the only sewing in this is attaching the bottom to the top. You pin the right sides together (so showing will be the insides of the shoes). Pin it together and just start sewing together with a back stitch. The two pieces should already be shaped to fit together because of the pattern. When you're done with sewing, just turn it inside out and decorate however you like to. I hope that helps at all.
For "those-of-us",(such as, Myself) who aren't the "world's greatest" at sewing, could you,PLEASE make these directions clearer?! ...love my grandchild, but WHOA if I make these for her, based on the above directions, along with~"my skills"(or lack-there-of), not only will She be crying, but her Mom, as well Help!!
These are just too cute using plush material in pastel colors, also.
I embroidered tiny flowers on the toes. Too cute.
The straps come from the u-shaped cutting line and the line that halves that. When you sew up the back of the shoe the straps are more evident.
Hello, I love these shoes but the template does not show the straps, or am I missing something.
myboyrogie
to use softer material, iron on stiffning and overlock the sides.
also use non slip placemats for the soles.
I wonder could you alter the proportions of the pattern to make bedroom slippers?
This is a terrific pattern for babies and and also baby dolls. I found them easy to make and since I have new granddaughters who can wear the baby shoes and older granddaughters who love the doll shoes, I know I will be making many more. THANKS for a great project.
I made 3 pairs of these shoes. Tiny ones are great, but larger ones need the soles trimmed down as they are too wide.
Keep these great ideas coming!
I tried these and they really are pretty simple. I also made Martha's largest origami nesting box (search for them on this site) to put them in for a baby shower gift! Turned out so darling! Thanks Martha!
If desired, after you cut out the felt pieces and the lines in the upper, you could machine stitch, or even hand stitch, the rickrack onto the curved instep instead of glueing it on.
cut the straight and curved lines on the upper pattern, then fold two straight pieces together and you will see the top take shape
The directions appear to be incomplete, or I am a dummy! Do you cut out the U shaped piece on the upper? What makes the straps?
patredler
You can find high quality wool felt at www.magiccabin.com.
Does anyone know where to find such beautiful wool felt like the kind used on these baby shoes?
There is no copy ratio or sizes for them for this template.