Soft Baby Shoes

I've been wanting to make a few pairs of baby shoes for my Dd. There are lots of patterns for soft baby shoes and I used this pattern. They are so much easier than I thought to make and they turned out so cute that I'm sure there will be more.


The first pair I made from a little linen dress that a friend had handed down to me that had several stains on it. The flowers around the bottom of the dress worked out perfectly for the top of the shoes and I made the soles from the bottom edge of the dress . Here's what left of it.


For the second pair I pulled out some leather scraps that I'd gotten from here for for a couple of dollars and a dress that I got at a church rummage sale for a quarter. I love this material and I was super careful with what was left. I should have enough to make a little matching dress. This was my first time sewing leather and it sewed so much smoother than I would of thought that it would have.


I followed the pattern exactly except I sewed the fabric inside sole on after I had the rest of it put together.