How to make Plush Baby Booties

As promised I’m going to show you how to make plush baby booties like these, and the ones in an earlier blog post “Here’s one I made earlier.” I used fleece but you can use any fabric or trim. These are small enough that it wouldn’t take long to sew them by hand if you don’t have a machine.

 

First download the pattern here  Upcycled-Baby-Booties

The pattern is for 3mths but I’ll explain how to make them smaller later in the tutorial.

 

Next gather your materials:

• Fabric (fleece and cotton work well)
• Elastic (1/4″)
• Pattern

 

 

 

Cut out the pattern pieces from the paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fold the fleece (it doesn’t matter which way) and pin the pattern pieces to it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then cut out the pieces remembering to cut 4 for the upper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take the 2 “back and side” pieces and stitch a hem along the straight edge wide enough for the elastic.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thread the elastic through the hem using a darning needle with a large eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hold onto both elastic ends and pull to gather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To secure the elastic in place stitch back and forward over it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidy up the ends and you’ll be left with 2 pieces like this.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now, this is the bit that’s tricky to explain hence the extra pics! Take 2 of the uppers and sandwich the elasticated pieces between along the straight edge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stitch along the straight edge.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidy the seams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flip the back/side over and mark the centre.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Line up the centre of the soles to the centre of the uppers, pin and stitch.

This is where you can make them smaller by sewing the seam further in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tidy up the seams.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn right side out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All that’s left is to add the trim, you can use anything here, just make sure it’s well secured on the bootie!

One pair of finished plush baby booties!

Please contact me if there’s anything about this tutorial you need help with.