- Preparatory stage
- Developing pattern patterns
- Choosing the material
- What is needed for tailoring?
- Making workpieces
- Connecting parts:
- Sewing booties
- Leather booties with our own hands
Many mothers who expect a baby or have already given birth to a small happiness want to do something valuable and useful for him. Today, children's shoes are very popular with their own hands - patterns for the smallest with sizes can be found in any thematic magazine or the Internet. Booties can be knit or sewed at home, showing maximum imagination and creating their individual decor with ribbons, paillettes, beads or fur. Consider step by step how to occupy yourself with such needlework for the benefit of your child.
to the contents ↑Preparatory stage
Before you make a pattern of shoes for kids up to a year with your own hands, you will need to perform several basic tasks:
- to take measurements;
- prepare consumables;
- draw three components of the future pinets.
We measure the foot
The creation of any pattern is based on the basic dimensions and parameters of the future owner. To sew booties, you need to take the following measurements from the toe:
- Foot length.
- Width of the sole.
- Lift the legs.
- Length from fingers to ankle.
- Distance from heel to ankle.
- The gap between the bones.
Having the main dimensions of your baby's legs, you can start making patterns.
What is needed to create a pattern?
For making patterns using previously removed dimensions, you will need the following stationery:
- pencil or pen;
- thick paper or cardboard;
- ruler.
Important! The pattern for your baby's tokens will consist of three elements - the sole, the back and the top.
to the table of contents ↑We develop pattern patterns for
Patterns are the basis for almost any product, so the appearance of the footwear you make for your favorite crumb depends on its execution.
Outsole
The sole of children's shoes can be made in one of two ways:
- Circle the leg of the baby, and to the resulting circumference add two centimeters - the so-called stock on the seam.
- Using a ruler and a pencil, apply the sheet dimensions to the sheet, adding a few centimeters on each side for the future seam, gently round the corners.
Top of the
To make the top of the shoe, do the following:
- On the thick paper sheet, apply the dimensions of the leg as a straight line before adding 2 cm on each side.
- In the middle of the cut, perpendicularly apply a length from the fingers to the ankle, with a margin on the seam.
- Connect the lines from the sides to the top.
Important! As a result, you should get a pattern, the shape of which resembles a semicircle.
Back of
For making a rear pattern, follow the following algorithm:
- On the sheet, draw a vertical strip - the height of the backset you want to get.
- Top and bottom add 2 cm to the seam.
- In the upper part of the pattern perpendicular to the resulting line, draw a straight line corresponding to the dimensions obtained from the ankle to the ankle.
- Make allowance for the seam.
- Bottom also draw a straight line, but 3 cm more on each side.
- Slightly round the bottom edge.
Important! As a template for the back, you should get a kind of trapeze.
to the contents ↑Choose the material
To make a beautiful and comfortable children's shoes, you will need to choose 2-3 types of fabric:
- For the sole, preference should be given to dense textile materials or leather.
- Soft and pleasant to the touch, the fabric can be used to make an inner part that will constantly contact the baby's leg.
- The third type of material is required for the outer part. Depending on your personal preferences, you can sew booties of jeans with your own hands. Particularly impressive is the print-adorned material of the outer part, moreover, you can choose a pattern for both the girl and the boy.
What is needed for tailoring?
For the manufacture of children's shoes, you may need the following materials and workpieces:
- Pattern.
- Cloth material.
- Scissors.
- Needle.
- Threads.
- Pencil.
- Ruler.
- Chalk or a slice of soap.
- Sewing pins.
- Sewing machine.
- Two rubber bands.
Making workpieces
On the table, lay out the fabric that you have chosen for cutting:
- From the fabric for the inside, you will need to cut out two pieces of each pattern.
- Also cut out two soles from the dense fabric intended for making this element of children's shoes.
- From the material for the execution of the external decoration you will have to make two backs and two upper parts.
Connect parts:
- Manually sew together all the details of the sole - from dense fabric and material to the inside.
Important! Note that the details of the sole must be sewn with the faces facing outward.
- After completing the work with the sole, take the upper parts and sew them together with the inside sides.
- On the sewing machine, it is necessary to straighten the straight line, turn the resulting product outward with the faces and iron it.
- A similar procedure with the backs, just ironing will be necessary, opening the details from the inside. On the sides, it is necessary to slightly flatten the allowances left on the seam.
- Then fold the received products face up, place the inside of the elastic and sew so that it can move freely.
We sew booties
Now proceed directly to making the pins:
- Take the sole and the upper part fold them face-down inside and start scribing from the center to the edge, then back to the center, then to the other edge.
- Similarly, sew a backdrop.
- Booties almost ready. When you finish the second, twist both seams inside a little bit pull the elastic band and sew to the inside of the slipper.
Important! When your booties are ready they can already be decorated. If you want to make it beads, then instead of the usual thread, use a thin line. Keep in mind that your baby will move his legs and the thread can tear, which will not only ruin your work, but will also represent a risk for the baby to swallow a few beads.
to the contents ↑Leather booties with your own hands
If you are going to sew baby booties with your own hands, then you can use the instructions that were presented above, but also take into account the following recommendations:
- Purchase special needles for manual sewing and the machine.
- You should not use chalk - it is better to perform all markup with a two-color pencil.
- You also need a roller foot to work with the skin, because the skin does not slide well under the usual sewing machine components.
Important! Of course, you can try to compete independently with a badly sliding cloth, simply pulling it or putting the newspaper. However, it will be hard to do, given that you have to sew baby booties.
- You also need to select the right thread under the skin so that your product does not deteriorate over time. It is best to use cotton or linen products, if you want the thread to shine, take the silk coil.
- For children's booties in the form of decor, you can sew a fur edge or buy small patches in the store and gently stick them on the outer surface.
We sincerely hope that the detailed instructions given by us, how to make children's shoes on your own, will help you to give a maximum of warmth and affection for your crumbs.