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?
8 Comments on SEW Hip! Baby Booties – French General…completed
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I think they are cute too! Wow, and you had yourself an adventure too by the looks of it! Isn’t that what learning and crafting are all about? I’d say so!
Very very cute!
I hate afternoons like that – I would probably have left it all for another day though! The booties are so cute – it was definitely worth persevering!
These are soooo cute! It may have been painfull but you got there and they’re perfect :))
I think I’ll stick to crocheting booties, they seem to be so much easier to make.
…I agree wholeheartedly!
xh
so so cute….
Hehe…fun post, Heidi. Painful process, but the sweetest booties produced. I think the embroidered chain is the perfect embellishment. Adorable 🙂