Sew Anyhow: If the shoe fits

So Georgia Beth turned one in mid-August. She is finally beginning to take a few steps this last couple of weeks. And I was hit with a dilemma. The child doesn't have any shoes. This is not for lack of trying. I bought her a pair back in February, and apparently lost them in the next store. Mom bought her the most adorable pair of slide on black and white shoes for her birthday, and they are still too big. And that is the biggest problem of all. Her foot is TINY. We're talking, the size TWOs Mom bought her are too big. Not a little big. Way big. And, since it is no longer 150 degrees outside, her feet stand the chance of getting cold. She doesn't keep socks on, plus, it's hard for a learning walker to be in just socks. They slide too much. So, Saturday night, I decided she had to have a pair of shoes for church the next morning. Thankfully, I had a pattern, scrap fabric, and an hour in which I could spare. The pattern is by SweetPea patterns, and I LOVE them. I have sewn a couple of pairs of shoes before. Slippers really. They were freebies, and sewed just fine. Shoes aren't the easiest always, but I got by. SweetPea has two tips in this, the Jack and Jill, that is worth the entire price of the pattern!! Anyway, I found some fabric left over from skirts I made my niece five or six years ago, and away we went.

Just to tell you how small the sweet peach's feet are, I put the pattern to her, and the 12-18 month size was GINORMOUS! The 9-12 month size was HUGE. The 6-9 month seems slightly big, and the 3-6 looked like it would be a perfect fit. She's almost 14 months old y'all. I went ahead and made the 6-9 month size to give her room to grow. Plus her feet are really tall fat. Does that make sense? They aren't wide, and not really like fat. But they are tall. Fat. Well, that makes sense to me, and I was the one sewing, so that's the decision I stuck with. They are a little too big. She can rub her heel on the floor and the shoe slides right off. But for the most part, they work great. The sole isn't sewn in to this shoe. I really like the look of a sole, and so I keep trying to keep it in the shoe. My glue gun mysteriously doesn't work (AACK!), so for now, I just set the sole in the shoe each time she wears them. Other than that, I am SO pleased with the shoes! Sew on the vintage buttons I found in my Great-grandmother's sewing box, and you've got a recipe for success!