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| Baby Booties for 6 to 12 months old |
Personalised gifts are always a joy to give away. Finally made another pair of baby booties for my cousin's newborn.
I started making baby booties in August 2014.
Came across the following website with free pattern & detailed instructions to guide me through.
Based on her instructions, I carefully worked on my booties. Takes me almost 3 hours to complete a pair and I'm eager to see the end product as every pair is special.
Other booties from my collections :
Baby booties
Chin's notes: I find that making 2 booties side by side will reduce mistakes and you can see the booties form their shapes. I made a few mistakes where the straps were attached wrongly and I have to undo and redo. I hate undoing!
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Trace and cut out the necessary shapes to be sewn.
For a pair of booties you need 2 Soles, 2 Tops & 2 Straps. |
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| Fold the Strap into half and sew them with one opening side then flip the right side out. |
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Attached the Straps with 2 right side Tops facing each other.
Do take note where the Straps are facing. |
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Sew with a sewing machine, the round corners take it slowly to get the nice rounded shape.
I'm still working on it, can't seem to get them nice and round. |
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Flip the Top and try to smooth the edges, use an iron to get the edges nicely & neatly pressed.
Check if your Straps are attached correctly. ;) |
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Fold and sew the left ends of the Top together.
Do make sure you have a symmetrical folded U before you sew. |
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| After you sew the ends of each Top, you should get the shape on the right. |
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Match the Sole right side and the Top right side then pin them into position.
Secure front and back then you work around to ensure Sole and are match as accurately as possible. |
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| I like to run some thread to hold them into place for the ease of sewing. |
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After you sew them together, cut V at the edges.
They will give your booties rounder and smoother curves. |
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| I like my edges nicely tugged away, find a matching rectangular piece of fabric to hide the trimming. |
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| Hand stitch to tug away the trimmings. |
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Next the inner Sole, with wrong side facing each other and match them as close as possible.
Remember to pin them to fix the position. |
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Hand sewn to hide all the trimmings.
If the stitches are neatly done, you'll can also were them inside out :D |
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| Fix the buttons for the straps. |
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| Add finishing touches. Decorative bottons, ribbons or anything that will make your booties shine. |
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