DIY: Shoes for Blossom

FILED UNDER: DIY, HANDMADE, HOMEMADE, SHABBY
CHIC, TUTORIAL
It was never actually in my plans to make Blossom a pair of sweet little shoes.

But I like those projects that take you by surprise… don’t you?

So it happened that I was looking at gorgeous baby shoes online and then it struck me… what
if I could make a shoe pattern that would fit Blossom’s chunky rabbit foot.

I won’t lie… it wasn’t as simple as I first thought because Blossom has a different shaped foot
to humans, with a fat heel and narrow toe, but after a few prototypes a pattern emerged.

I used the same principle for making baby Mary-Jane shoes in felt. Just the shape of the shoes
is different.
How to Make Blossom’s Mary-Jane Shoes

Materials:

– Small square of felt,

– Matching DMC embroidery cotton,

– Needle and scissors,

– Download Blossom’s shoe pattern HERE.

Instructions:

Cut out pattern for shoes.

Using the pattern, cut out two uppers and two soles from felt.

Overlap the two ends of the upper by about 1/8” (4 mm). Stitch closed using 6 strands of
DMC embroidery cotton in coordinating colour.
 So now you should have a closed upper.

Attach the sole of the shoe to the upper using a small buttonhole stitch and the DMC
embroidery cotton.

You could leave the shoes like this or embellish with felt flowers or buttons.
I decided to add silk ribbons to the shoes to match the ribbon on Blossom’s dress and to make
the shoes into cute Mary-Janes. I used 6” (15 cm) of silk ribbon for each side of the shoe… so
12” (30 cm) for each shoe.Blossom’s new shoes are just a bit too cute…. I’m sure you will
agree!! 

You can get the pattern and instructions for making Blossom, my Maileg look-a-like
Rabbit HERE.

Blossom’s dress pattern and instructions are also available HERE.