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 side order 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?