Our little friend, Averi, is turning 1 this weekend. Her feet are so tiny that they can fit into little shoes like these! 3.5" inches to be exact! I bought this pattern for Kaylee when she was 8 months old, thinking that it would be easy to resize. The pattern said that you could, but you can't. At least, you can't just enlarge each piece by 25% or whatever like the pattern said to because baby's feet don't grow as fast in width as they do in length. I tried that and the shoes were way too wide.
It is a darling pattern, I just wish it came in more sizes, or that my altering skills were better! Someday...
For now I can make as many little shoes in the 3-6 month size as I want!
I purchased the pattern from Homespun Threads, but also noticed that Ashley from Make it and Love it has a pattern like these as well.
Like my cheapo wrapping paper? At least it matches, lol. Cardstock and a sharpie pen...
Those shoes are so cute! She's the luckiest little one-year-old around!
ReplyDeleteso cute! I got really small feet you think they'd fit me?
ReplyDeleteSuper cute!! I love the fabrics & embellishments you used. :)
ReplyDeleteBlessings!
-Sarah
Those are just precious! I love the fabrics!
ReplyDeleteThose are great! I wish my baby~girl~to~be had some!
ReplyDeleteHow incredibly darling!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first made baby shoes, I kept having a problem when enlarging the pattern.
ReplyDeleteFor babies, it works when you enlarge the length, and not so much on the width. It took me a few tries to get the hang of it, but I just practiced on some old rags until I got it down.
I took some of my sons shoes and measured the length and width and added the seam allowance, (example: say the pattern is 2x4 but the finished size is 1.5x3.5 and your child's shoe size is 3x5, just adjust the pattern to this size plus seam allowance.
Hope that makes sense!