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Tutorial: Baby shoes from a fat quarter

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Baby shoes from fat quarters

Editor’s note: This post was originally published in 2008.  Since then, the blog we linked to has gone away, and the pattern is no longer available on the original site. But we have a PDF version available to download below, courtesy of web-archive.

These little baby shoes are so stinkin’ cute!!!  We’ve all seen cloth baby shoes at the high dollar boutiques with high dollar price tags attached.  Michelle of Pins & Needles posts a tutorial on how to make them. All it takes is a fat quarter, a scrap of leather, and some elastic. Go on, make a pair.  Make a pair of pairs.  Make a pile of pairs and be prepared for every baby shower for the next 10 years.

Download the original PDF version here.

Comments

  1. Thank you for the pattern of the baby shoes. Too cute!!!!May God bless you and your lovely family.
    From a mother of seven and grandmother of 10 (so far)
    Fran

  2. I LOVE these! It took a few tries for me to get them just right, but they are perfect for my sons little tootsies. Thanks so much 🙂

  4. I can’t get the tutorial for these lovely baby shoes from a fat quarter – Have tried always to get there but nothing – can you advise please!

    Would love to be able to make for my great niece but need soon!

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