I’ve just finished producing my very first YouTube video and my very first doll pattern! Whew, it was a big day. My kids make video production look much easier then it actually is. Good thing I have two teens available for 24/7 in-house tech support.
The video is a tutorial to accompany my Slouch Boot pattern sized for American Girl dolls. I drafted this pattern for my Hearts for Hearts doll, but decided it would be fun to try (and probably more useful) as an 18″ doll pattern. 18″ dolls do have different size feet, however, so if you make these boots for a doll other then American Girl, you may have to adjust the pattern a bit to fit your doll.
I shot the video in 3 parts, the first is about 3 minutes long and the other two are about 13 minutes long. Here is the first part:
You can download and print the free pattern here: Slouch Boots Pattern. When you click this link, the pattern should open in your web browser, but (this is important) when I printed the pattern directly from my browser, it printed smaller then actual scale.
In order to print the pattern at the correct size, be sure to download the pattern to your computer, open from a pdf viewer (I use Adobe Acrobat, which is free), and print from there. Be sure to choose the option for “Actual Size” when printing. To double check sizing, measure the 1 inch box printed on the pattern. If it measures 1 inch, you’ve got the right size!
Let me know if you try the pattern, I’d love to see your boots!
I found this through pinterest and I’m super excited to try this! I’m going to attempt a fleece version first (just to give myself a bit of practice before trying better fabric). Kind of thrilled this was posted on my birthday too, double yay!
Omgosh… happy birthday Carrie!! That is a *fantastic* idea to try it with fleece first. I’m going to do some more sewn-shoe tutorials/patterns in the next few weeks, and I’m totally going to offer that as a tip. I bet they will be cute in fleece, too!
Great idea! This concept has the wheels in my head turning to create a boot similar that will be made for kids 🙂 maybe even adults! Thanks for sharing!
Ohhh.. I bet they’d work really cut for baby soft shoes too. Good thoughts!! Thanks for reading, Candice!
I was wondering if I could make a pair of leather boots using this pattern? Can I use it as is, or would I need to adjust it? Lovely videos and patterns!
Hey Wendy! I think you could definitely use leather as long as it’s thin enough to gather the “slouch” AND that you have a needle that will piece the leather (either by hand or by machine). But assuming both, I think the boots would be AWESOME in leather!!
Hi, I was wondering if you made the cute dress she is wearing with the boots. If so what pattern did you use? Thanks
Ack.. sorry for slow reply Rhonda, your comment somehow got marked as spam by the comment filter. Doh! The dress is American Girl brand – Pretty & Plaid. It’s retired, but not that long ago so it should still be around on the secondary market. http://store.americangirl.com/agshop/html/item/id/166847/uid/207 Thanks for asking and so sorry again that I missed this!
Hi. I don’t see the pattern for the pink part. Am I missing something?
Hey Peggy! The pink part of the boot is labeled “Boot Upper Front” on the pattern sheet. Hope that helps!
Oh, I get it now. Thanks!