Cutest thing I've made...EVER!

Recently a good friend of ours told us she was having a baby. YAY! Deb got so excited and decided we should give her a baby gift. Of course by "we should give her a baby gift" Deb meant, "I'll finance, you whip it up."

We were debating what to do while stumbling through JoAnn's when inspiration struck. It came in the form of Kwik Sew Pattern K0113 by Ellie Mae.  Long story short you cannot go wrong with tiny cowboy boots.

These are the pictures from the pattern:

On further examination we decided that every kid should have red cowboy boots! I had a pair when I was four that my brother wore after me.  I think he wore them till his toes popped out of the end. Once we had the inspiration and the motivation it was time to get to work.

The pattern has multiple sizes so I used a trace wheel (this is my favorite available at www.pgmdressform.com) to copy the pattern size I needed onto brown paper.  What was great about the brown paper patter was that I was able to trace the stitch detail and cut them out of the brown paper creating a stencil. This made it really easy to transfer the star and toe pattern onto the fabric, making it easy to know where to stitch.

Once I marked it out on the fabric, I then cut it out of the red exterior fabric, the interfacing, and linings.

Then it was time to get sewing! They came out SO freaking cute!

Thimble was shocked by the cuteness:

"Those boots are SO cute!" -Thimble