Baby Leather Shoes

Great birth gift, these cute little shoes are made of very soft leather.

Thin leather, thickness 1 to 2 mm

Shoelace

Thread and needles for leather

Puncher to make holes

Cutter or scissors

Pen to write on leather

marking wheel for sawing points

Each shoe is made of 3 pieces, the sole (1), the vamp (2), the quarter (3). To cut the 2 shoes identical, a paper or cardboard template is prepared. The sawing holes are also drawn on the template thanks to the marking wheel. thanks to this tool, the sawing points are going to be equidistant. The length of the sole can vary between 10 and 17 cm for a baby from 0 to 18 months. The shape is then drawn with the pen on the leather, by maintaining the template in place thanks to a heavy object, and the sawing holes are perforated. The 6 pieces, 3 for each shoe, can now be cut thanks to the cutter or good scissors. The holes for the laces on the quarter (3) are perforate with the puncher.

The quarter and the vamp are first assembled together, for each shoe. The two parts are sewn together, thanks the thread and needles, onto the 3 sawing points emphasized in red on the template, the green point is for decoration and doesn't join the two parts together.

Once the parts (2) and (3) are sewn together, this ensemble can be sewn with the sole (1) as shown on the picture. This part of the sawing is a bit longer but once done, you should get the result shown on the pictures.

From there, the shoelaces can be added to finish the shoes ! Here I chose leather shoelaces but any laces can do, they just need to be cut at the length that suits the shoes.