little shoes and lotsa links

I've had a couple people ask about my shoes

well

not my shoes

the shoes I make

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I was introduced to making-your-own baby shoes

by my blogger friend Lindsey

after following a Frugal Friday link on Crystal's blog.

Needless to say

I was immediately hooked!

Being too cheap to actually buy a pattern

I use the free pattern I found here.

Here's another pattern, too, slightly different shape.

This site has lots of helpful information

and tells how to resize your pattern

(which isn't an exact science, by the way!)

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I actually haven't made as many shoes as I would have thought

partly

I'm sure

because I've been up to my eyebrows in wedding plans

for quite some time.

But also

because

I'm (sniff) just not very good at it.

Most of the gals I found make really cute shoes in an hour

takes me at least 2 hours per pair

and

I

always mess up

(now - diapers - I can make a diaper in an hour!!)

but I do love

to have my little sweeties

in soft, cute shoes

that cost pennies to make!

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hmm

maybe I'll just go whip up a pair right now....