Pattern

Okay, so I think that you should be able to just click on the patterns in the post below and print them that way. Try it and if it doesn't work let me know and I can email them to you. I hope they work!

Soft Leather Baby Shoes

Shoe pieces

In this picture there are the soles, front pieces and back pieces. Before you sew the pieces together you need to make slits in the front pieces to thread the elastic through. Whatever fun pattern you put on the shoes should cover the slits or you will need to cut a small piece of leather and sew it over the slits.

Sew the small casing pieces on the back pieces at the top.

When you sew the shoes together you want to use a very small seam allowance. Also you can either leave the front piece just cut on the edge or stitch along the edge (the picture of the brown football shoes and the white and red shoes have a finishing stitch.

Sew the front pieces on the soles

Sew on the back pieces

Sew the back pieces lining up the center back and over the inside out front pieces.

Turn the shoes so they are right side out

Elastic

Thread your elastic through the slits on the top piece and through the casing on the back pieces. I used thin round elastic and tied it in a square knot so it could be adjusted to fit each baby's ankles.

My scanned patterns

I traced the patterns on 8.5 x 11 paper.

Free Pattern-easy to sew soft baby shoes

I love the great soft leather baby shoes available but I have had a hard time paying $30.00 a pair for the shoes. So my mom helped me to come up with a pattern to sew my own soft leather baby shoes. You don't have to use leather but that is my favorite and I think the most durable material. You can find leather scraps online at places like ebay. You can also look at DI for old leather jackets. If you live in Utah there is a store in Salt Lake kind of near the airport called NPS Market Square that sells leather pieces. They come in pretty big pieces and cost around $30.00 for a piece. I bought a piece of brown leather there and have made 8 pairs of shoes and still have over half of the piece left. If you can't find leather you can use fabric but you will have to allow more room for a seam allowance on the pattern and to turn edges. I scanned the patterns but cannot figure out how to attach them to the blog so if you want my homemade pattern please leave a comment with your email address and I'll email it to you. Good luck and have fun!