How to make shoes for Flat Dolls
July 13, 2009 by Noreen Crone-Findlay
Filed under doll and dolls and dollmaking, tutorial
A couple of months ago, I bought a used leather coat at the second hand store. My plan was to upcycle it into a new bag.
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Well, I haven’t gotten around to making the bag yet,
but I did snip a little flap off the coat
and have used it to make
the perfect accessory
for the Fanciful Flat Fiber Friends Dolls: Shoes.
Doesn’t every doll need the perfect pair of shoes?
Well, Flora did, so I got busy
with my sketch book and graph paper.
I snipped out a half a dozen different versions
of shoes for Flora and her friends.
When I was happy with the pattern, I cut out 2 fronts and 2 backs for Flora’s shoes.
Here’s the pattern:
I drew it on graph paper so that you could print it out to the correct size. This is 1/4 inch graph paper, so print it out so that the squares of the paper are 1/4 inch. The back of the shoe is just over 1 1/4 inches tall.
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Sew the fronts of the shoes to the backs. I used my old Singer sewing machine, as I can turn the hand wheel and make one stitch at a time. You can also stitch the shoes together by hand. Do use a leather needle in your machine when stitching leather.
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You’ll need to trim the seam allowances after the shoes are finished.
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Photo by Noreen Crone-Findlay copyright.
There you go. Stylish footwear for your Fanciful Flat Fiber Friends Doll!
Oh so cute! …… I am still waiting for hubby to get out the jigsaw so I can cut out my doll. We still haven’t recovered everything properly after our big move. I am itching to start on the doll!!
Thank you, Marian!
Hope you find your saw soon…. getting re-organized after a big move is so much work… Whew!
I’m working on lots more fun things for the Fanciful flat fiber friends dolls…