Sewing Daisies

Sewing: Kimono Baby Shoes...Water Bouquet

 
Sewing: Kimono Baby Shoes...

 Is my latest attempt at making baby shoes.

 

 

 

I rather like

Lena's pattern,

It's easy to follow, and the end result is cute.

 

(even if I say so myself)

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 I might have issues

with sewing around tight corners, and

baby shoes

have some seriously teeny tight

corners...

 

 

 

  


 

 

 

 

But I think with practice, I might be able to produce

'quality'

Kimono baby shoes.

 

(well, that's the theory anyway)

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

If you fancy

having a go at making these guys,

  Lena's Kimono pattern

is available from 

Needlecraftpatterns

 

 

(along with a whole bunch of other cute patterns).

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 Anyhoo, there you have it...

 

My Water Bouquet Kimono shoes.

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

You might like:

SEW Hip! Ruffle Tops

SEW Hip! French General's

 

SEW Hip! Baby Booties - French General...completed

 

SEW Hip! Baby Booties (French General - issue 27) ready to go...

 

 

These Baby Booties are the second lot I have tried from

SEW Hip! Magazine

and

 

now that it's all over, I can quite happily say

I am pleased

with the end result.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It was of course,

a completely different ball game when I was making them.

 

 Having an 'off' day

 

would be an understatement. It was a catalogue of disasters.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What should have been a quick job turned into an afternoon of

 

sewing, unpicking,

more sewing,

and the unpicking of even more stitches,

all served with a huge sideorder of discontent.

 

 

Honestly, it was that painful.

Check it out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 1: Prepare Fabric

 

Easy?...yes if you follow the instructions.

 

Time wasted: 30mins.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Step 2: Prepare Outers

Easy?...as long as you know how to sew 0.5cm from the template line.

I apparently don't.

 

Time wasted: 20mins

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Sew Back Seam

Easy?...if you have common sense.

 

Time wasted: 20 secs sewing seams.

5 mins trying to work out how to turn the fabric right sides out.

10 mins spent laughing at myself.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 4: Turn & Embellish

Easy?...it actually was.

 

Time wasted: 5 mins to baste the raw edges

Zero time on embellishment.

 

Surely that kind of thing gets done at the end?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 5: Attach Lining Sole

Easy?..kind of.

 

Time wasted: 7 mins pinning soles onto upper booties.

1 min stabbing myself with pins

3 mins playing with pinned booties (they looked so funny).

30 secs on sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 6: Attach Main Sole

Easy?...not in the slightest.

 

Time wasted: 12 mins trying to work out what it was I was supposed to do.

2 mins spent finding the other SEW Hip! Booties pattern.

7 mins pinning soles to upper booties.

30 secs on sewing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Step 7: Embellishment (this my addition)

 

Easy?...surprisingly so.

 

Time wasted: 1 min finding my embroidery book.

1 min reviewing my daisy chain skills.

17 mins peacefully daisy chaining.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
There you have it.

One painful afternoon, and

one pair of super cute SEW Hip! Baby Booties.

 

 

(well I think they are cute given all the drama).

 

 
 

 

 

 

What do you think?

 

 

 

You might like:

SEW Hip! Baby Booties (Ruffle Tops)

SEW Hip! Slouchy Slippers

SEW Hip! Baby Booties - French General the Prequel

 

 

SEW Hip! Baby Booties (issue 27) will be my next SEW Hip project...

 

 

I realised yesterday

that I have been floundering a little of late.

 

 

 

 

I think the reason is because

I don't have a challenge to keep me on track.

 

 

 So I was thinking

that until I come up with one, I will be giving

these baby booties a crack.

 

 

Kaffe Fusion Blanket Completed!...

 

 

 

My Kaffe 'Fusion Blanket' is finished!

 

 

 

Remember?

 

It's the 'crowing' project I began just after Christmas.

 

No?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay,

it's my very own creation

using Kaffe Fassett charms

and a mix of crochet & sewing

"Crowing"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This lovely little blanket

 

is made up of 48 charms sewn together

back to back

with blanket stitch run around the edges at 1cm intervals.

 

Simple.

 

 

  

 

 The crochet

proved to be a little trickier though,

On account of me making it up as I went along.

Not the best idea ever.

 

 

 

 



 

 

But

I persevered and now have a

spiffy lap blanket

that's a perfect fit for a cot or pram.

 

 

 

 That's right,

I am bringing 'spiffy' back into play!

 

 

 

 

 

 

So there you have it

The Kaffe 'Fusion Blanket'

What do you think?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You might like:

 

 Crochet: Vivid Dreams Blanket

Crochet: Flower Bowl

 

 

Tutorial: Kaffe 'Fusion Blanket'

 

 

 

SEW Hip! Baby Booties...completed!

  


SEW Hip! Baby Booties (issue 16) have been completed...

Which is fantastic!

It now means I only have 5 SEW Hip projects to do to finish my 2010 SEW Hip! Challenge

AND

that I have made my first 'clothing' item.

Okay, so I made a McCall's A-Line skirt in 2009, but that was so long ago it doesn't count anymore.

 

 I don't actually have much to say about this pattern

except that the SEW Hip! baby booties were alot easier to make than I anticipated...

which is good.

 

This is probably down to the fact the pattern has good diagrams to help you along.

That is, until you get to step 6

'finishing the sole'.

 

 

I really struggled to understand the written instructions and the diagram.

I just couldn't picture what they wanted!

 Fortunately the husband was about.

 

 

 

 

 

To finish of the soles all you need to do is sew the soles right side together

with all the boot sides & ruffles sandwiched between them...

easy really

(when you know how).

 

 

 

 

 So here they are, my version of the  

SEW Hip! Baby Booties!!

 

 

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2010 SEW Hip! Challenge - 6 months on