Cloth Shoe Pattern
Picture posted with permission of Michael Miller Fabrics, LLC.Download the shoe pattern and tutorial here.
It doesn't take much to make these shoes...just scraps of fabric, some interfacing, elastic. The only thing that might be hard to find is the bonded fleece for the sole. It's suede on one side and fleece on the other. I got mine at Joann's. They sell it for $19.99/yard, which seems steep, but I bought a half a yard and used my 40% coupon, and I have enough to make a TON of shoes! If you can't find it, I'd be glad to arrange a swap for some of mine. You might be able to get away with fusing a couple of layers of felt and/or fleece together, but I've found the bonded fleece to be super soft, yet sturdy. The best for soles by far. Sorry, am I going on and on?
I can't wait to see what you come up with! Post pictures of your completed shoes at the cloth shoes flickr group.
p.s. Thanks again to Ohelene for the inspiration. If you are interested in making leather shoes, check out her pattern here.
posted by Joanna at 8:24 AM
84 Comments:
Yay! Thank you! Off to download and start the baby gifts...
those are so cute! now, if i only knew of a baby...
You are so unbelievably talented. I'm currently working on a fleece coaster in grandmothers flowergarden pattern. :)
Amazing! Thank you for sharing. I just found out a friend is pregnant, so I will have a recipient for some cute shoes!
thank you! downloading it now!
What a beautiful tutorial and how generous are you! I will definately keep that tutorial on hand! Again, just loved it.
wow! I can't wait to get started on a pair of these. We are definitely in the soft- shoe -wearin mode around here.
wow they look great! i don't know if i'm ambitious enough to try! i've never sewn with an elastic before.
i love it! i only wish that i had access to this pattern before my son started wearing hard-soled shoes.
Thankyou - so generous to share this with us. Your shoes are adorable.
Jojo - The pattern looks great! Perfect that you have a baby shoe pattern considering the name of your blog. :o) Hmmm...who can I make them for? Does my nephew need a pair? Har har.
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I've already downloaded the pattern. Now I just have to find bonded fleece somewhere around here.
I'll definitely post a picture of them when they are done.
Wow, what a great job you did on the tutorial!
thanks! I can't wait to make a pair of these...maybe this weekend.
WOW MOMMA! You are so awesome and talented...this is such a great tut. and those shoes are too adorable.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into the tut. really. ;-)
again, wow.
Adorable!!! Thank you for sharing it.
Oh my goodness, how cute!
OH my gosh!! I can't believe I haven't been reading you!! Please don't shoot me! I lost my rss reader blogs about 2 months ago and yours went with it. For some dumb reason I never found you again and in my stupid little world totally forgot to get you back. I'm sooo sorry that I've missed everything you've been writing. Ok, I'm back and have tons and tons of reading to do. I can't believe I did that. Please forgive me. I'm off to read.
OH my gosh!! I can't believe I haven't been reading you!! Please don't shoot me! I lost my rss reader blogs about 2 months ago and yours went with it. For some dumb reason I never found you again and in my stupid little world totally forgot to get you back. I'm sooo sorry that I've missed everything you've been writing. Ok, I'm back and have tons and tons of reading to do. I can't believe I did that. Please forgive me. I'm off to read.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I'm going to try it this week. I have two women who were in my fitness classes who are having baby girls in the next couple weeks. Perfect timing to make a perfect gift. Thanks!
Precious shoes!!! I love them. And thanks for the comment on my blog about my recently sold painting. Where'd you find me?
What a great pattern-you wrote that really well. It must run in the family. :)
I can't believe you already have the tutorial ready! You are superwoman with stardust cloth shoes.
Thanks JoJo,
I'm off to have a try but \i don't think they will turn out as yours but you never know :)
These are adorable! The pattern is really great to! Thank you so much! I am putting this on my list of things to make the christmas gists!
Hi, can't get the email you left at my blog to work, so I'll answer your question here :) I ended up with these weird clear throat lozenges which cleared the nose - sort of, and did nothing for the cough and that was after about 10 minutes of explanation.
thank you so much for sharing the pattern! i plan to try it soon, for a friend's baby. also, wanted to ask you if you have use for some fabric. i have a yard (or 2?) of an orange floral thick-ish canvas and a black with pink flower knit. the canvas might be too heavyweight for my sewing machine, and i cannot sew knit fabric at all. if you can use it, let me know!
Oh your little babe will ahve a pair of shoes to match every outfir. Such a clever mummy - Julia x
so very cute!!!! i can't' wait to try!
thank you.
Thanks for putting this out. You are too generous. Baby quilt with matching shoes...I'm imagining all kinds of fun things. Can't wait to make the pattern.
Thanks for sharing this tutorial. These are so cute and I have a new nephew due to make his arrival any day now!!
Thanks a lot for pattern and for mentioning my pattern as well.
I would by the way close in the seams on the inside of the shoe by sewing the second sole (the inner one) on at last. Just leaving a little hole for turning the shoe inside out. I'm not the best at explaining but I guess you get it. I'll try to take a photo of it soon.
Thank you for making your wonderful pattern available. I saw this/your gift at the slateblu site - beautiful lil' things :) Ah, this will keep me "out of trouble" and busy (as my mom used to say. Terry
THANK YOU! The pattern is wonderful, I'm off to make them for my daughter.
By any chance do you have a pattern for 6-12 months?
You are so generous to share your hard work with us! I just uploaded a few of the shoes I made to the flickr group. Thanks again!
I made my first pair today. 16th January. How do I upload a photo to flicker?
Thanks for this great pattern - I made a pair this weekend and they are so cute!
Oh my goodness. THANK YOU for posting this tutorial. I saw your shoes on some past posts and was wishing I could figure them out. Voila! Tutorial.
Stacia
www.pipandtom.com
Thanks for the pattern! I now have a mission for this weekend's Joann sale. :)
If you were going to buy a golf club, you wouldn't walk into a store and buy the first one you see, would you? Of course not; especially if you want to improve your golf game! You'll want to hold the club, take some practice swings, hit some balls if the store has a practice spot, and look at the price, of course. If you are considering buying running shoes, you need to go through a similar process and take the time to find the perfect shoe.
I am not much of a sewer, but your pattern looks so easy to follow. I can not wait to try them out! Thank you!
Those are way too cute!!!! Thanks for the pattern - can't wait to make them.
Thank you for sharing your pattern! I am expecting my first grandbaby in December, so I'm going to practice now!
QT!
~Jody
Thank you for the lovely pattern. I plan to make these for our orphanage modules that are shipped out from the LDS Humanitarian Center in Salt Lake City to countries around the world.
I really love your blog. and, too weird, I googled my name and you came up. I'm Alicia A too:)
I'm so happy to have come across your blog. Now I can make shoes to match the clothes that I've made for my bebe.
Thanks so much for this nice pattern! I have new niece and nephew so that will be a nice project.
Thanks again!
So nice, this pattern! Picture of mine (my sons, of course) coming soon! Thank you!
I made some of your adorable shoes. Actually, I made my little one 2 "pillowcase" style dresses with *matching* shoes! They're stinkin' cute. Thanks so much for putting together the directions. I don't have a blog to post the pictures on; would you like me to email you one?
Very informative.Thanks for giving the wonderful gift for my child.i had access to this pattern before my son started wearing shoes .
Beyond cute, delightful and adorable.
Now, I hate to rain on all you fine people's parade, and yes, I'm a worrywart, but the first thing I thought when I saw the picture was that I hope that none of those lovely babies decides to see if the button tastes good...
These are glouisereat, I know a few new babies and more on the way, these will make such cute pressies.
How much bigger do I need to make the pattern in order to make shoes for 6-12 months old babies! Thanks, I can't wait to make them, they look ADORABLE :)
I can't believe it, My friend's son had some slippers like these on this weekend 9/22/07. She purchased them at BJ's. She gave me a shoe to make a pattern from, but my shoes don't look like yours. My kids had soft shoes like these when they were little (THEY COST $5 A PAIR)now they cost $15. I hate to see babies who are just learning to walk forced into shoes. Thanks I'll start a new pair for my great neice this week.
I went to Joann's and can't find the bonded fleece. :( Was it in their home dec fabrics that are on the giant cylinder rolls? Or just with the normal fabric on flat rectangular bolts? Thanks!
What size baby does this pattern go with? I have a 6mo. old and would like to make some for him.
Thanks for putting this on your blog!
-val
What size baby does this pattern fit?
Thanks for posting!
-val
These are ridiculously adorable! I can't wait to try them out! I've got a nephew coming soon so these will be perfect for the little guy! This is so great!
Cutest baby shoes ever! Fantastic!
Just has to make a pair - or two or three or ...
Had to post a link to you on my blog, to share with everyone - and make sure I will find you easy again.
Thanks for sharing your fantastic creations.
Akhila
WOW WOW WOW, so cute my kids wore shoes like this all the time, can't wait to make them for friends!
wow these are soo cute thank you for the tutorial xxxx
can I ask? I have wanted to add links to pdf files to my blog so that I can add tutorioals etc.. but i cant seemt o find how to do it, would you be able to tell me how you did it please? thanks,
lucy xxx
(crazyforpurple@gmail.com)
Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial! I love to give these as shower gifts.
Hello I cannot get adobe to launch so that I can download this pattern is there anyway you could contact me www.mcart.etsy.com and possibly email it to me please?
Just wanted to say Thanks for posting such a good tutorial. I made several pairs for Christmas this year and they were a big hit. Thanks again.
I can't get the tutorial to come up either. It keeps saying something is wrong with the PDF and it wants me to send an error report. Is there anyway else I can get it? Thanks in advance!
I've made these little shoes twice now for baby showers. They've been such a big hit!! I blogged about my latest pairs. Here's the link: http://fly-can-i.blogspot.com/2008/01/cloth-baby-shoes-completed.html. Thanks so much for your generosity!!
Hi! Thank you soo much for sharing, you are so kind!! But acckkk, I can't open the pdf it's says there is an error. Can you please help me???
Thanks for the pattern! I love these!
Wow! really hot shoes!
These are fantastic! Thank you so much for sharing!
cute shoes, good idea!
Thank you for the download! A workmate's girlfriend is expecting a baby really soon so I think I'll try make a pair
okay these are precious! I am not sure I am printing the pattern right though...can anyone tell me the length of the sole (either before or after it is sewn)? Thanks
Thanks for sharing! I arrived here after a journey from HellomynameisHeather...to Made by Rae...and finally to your wonderful blog.
I own a baby shoe online store, and I cannot WAIT to find some time to make these little cuties.
Can't wait to try them. Thank you for publishing them free. May God bless you.
I am unalble to view your Tutorial. I tried from the Michael Miller site also. I can't download it. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
Just wanted to say thanks for the great pattern... very straight foward and the results are fantastic! I'll be posting to the flickr group soon :)
i can't view your tutorial either. sad! i really wanted to make them. any tips?
What a great idea! These are so easy and fun to make. I gave the pattern to my mom and she's having so much fun making them for my little boy and all the other babies she knows. Thanks for sharing your patterns!
thanks for the tutorial, i have it printed for weeks and finally got to it yesterday. it turned out perfect for my 3 months old thought he has thick feet so the 1.75 inches elastic dont work on him, i had to tweak it up to 4 inches.
i didnt bother with bonded sherpa since he is not walking anyways. i made mine with wool. but its from a jacket so almost like tweed? and my lining was from a recycled tshirt. didnt need the interfacing since the wool was thick and sturdy enough. very happy with the result, will be posting on the flickr group soon!
Thanks for the great pattern and tutorial.Definitely these shoes are best for my baby.
Thanks for the great tutorial and pattern! I've made a couple pairs so far and even figured out how to post them on flickr!
Thanks for a great tutorial! These are so cute. I'll post my pair in the flickr group.
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