Friday, January 22, 2010

A Baby Boom! {and a little re-purposing!}

There have been 4 babies born in the past couple of months at church. I am now just getting started on making little cloth shoes for all of them. AND my sister is finding out what she is having in a couple of weeks so I will be stocking her up with little shoes too! These are so much fun to make. I made some for Kaylee last year and ended up making a million pairs. She was a very stylish little girl. Now that she has graduated to shoes with hard soles it's fun making them for my friends.
The little boy shoes are made from two shirts that were too small for my boys. They thought it was cool that I made tiny little shoes out of their old clothes. The fabric was in great shape and hadn't faded...because they are still at the point of just growing out of their clothes and not wearing them out! It was fun be able to re purpose them into something so cute! Finding boy fabric is so hard! Everything is so juvenile, baby blue, or to the other extreme; camo. I liked dressing my boys like "little men". Plaids, solids, etc.
I made Kaylee a pair of knit shoes out of two onesies when she was a baby. They were the softest little shoes and the perfect project for onesies that I would have otherwise thrown away since they had a couple of small stains on them.
The babies who are receiving these are only a week old. I hope they like them!
The tutorial that I used is no longer available to print out online
Sorry about that, but here is another one that a lot of people have used. The technique is a little different, but the end product is very similar. Very cute shoes.

 

22 comments:

MrsJenB said...

What a sweet and thoughtful thing to do! You have some lucky folks in your life.

Scrappy Gifts said...

those are adorable!

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Hooray for Us! said...

I think these are so cute.....I know what you mean about the baby boom. I'm putting together a ton of gifts right now. I also loved your confessions.....you're still super mom to me! :)

Dagny said...

These are just darling! What a sweet idea!

Beth- the mama bee said...

I like them in regular cotton... I've only ever used felt. thanks fo the idea. http://mamabeefromthehive.blogspot.com/2009/12/first-shoes.html

Joyeful said...

I love these!! They look so cute using the old shirts! Perfect for little boys! I've wanted to make these for a long time, I've only made the baby girl maryjanes and they are so much FUN to make!

Mama Thompson said...

Those are so cute....

mommabear said...

I love how you repurposed these!! What a great idea!!

Mags

sarah said...

I love your blog! So many fantastic ideas!!!

Andrea said...

What a great idea! They are so cute!

Kasey at Thrifty Little Blog said...

These are too sweet and would make the perfect low cost gift. Thanks for the inspiration!!

design_aholic said...

I saw the title, and had to check it out ASAP. Wow, what an interesting and unique idea. Another way to save some money, and they're cute. BONUS!

Thanks for linking up your victory for VOTW @ Design-Aholic. Make sure to come back again, I can't wait to see what you have next!

-Amy

Its So Very Cheri said...

Those are adorable.
You should sell them.

FYI-I have a give-a-way starting this evening.
Cheri

fawnda said...

Those are adorable! I love repurposing!

Enchanted Rose Studio said...

Those are way cute! Such a clever idea. This is the best repurposing oject I've seen; so darling! I agree with Cheri, you should sell them.

Cheers!
Tina

Angie@treasures for tots said...

Thank you for sharing your awesome project at Thursday’s Treasures last week! Come share your crafty projects in this week’s Thursday’s Treasures too!
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Lori said...

Another fab project...

Thanks again for joining "Get your Craft on Thurs."

Lori

Katherine said...

The TUTORIAL is unavailable on your link. Can you repost the HOW TO? Have a friend having a baby in March and these would be perfect. Thanks!

Tere said...

Very cute! Is interfacing necessary?

Seamingly Smitten said...

What adorable shoes!! I will have to try them!
www.seaminglysmitten.blogspot.com
Jenny

Sarah @ This Crazy Blessed Life said...

Another cute project!!! Thanks for linking them up!!! I'm a new follower too BTW :)