Friday, May 13, 2016

Wild Things all over!



You know I love animal inspired clothing, so I was over the moon when I heard that Big Little is releasing two Wild Things foot wear patterns. One of them, the baby shoe version is part of the new One Thimble magazine*. One Thimble is a digital sewing magazine which contains twelve patterns and 26 articles/tutorials. Besides the Wild Things Baby shoes*, I also tested the Poly Roly Critters* by Swoonson Says for this One Thimble issue.The other Wild Things foot wear pattern I am showing you today, is the Wild Things Boot in kid's and youth's sizes.


Let's start of with those cute shoes.  I was part of the design testing group (fit and sizing were already thoroughly tested. None of my kids have baby feet, so no modelled version shoot. These little pairs will all get gifted to new borns, arn't they great gifts? There are seven different animals and they are all crazy cute. Check out the pattern* to see all the different animals. I sewed all these shoes from scrap fabrics. There were scraps from this coat, this coat and pieces of upcycled trousers.



The Poly Roly Critters ball* from Swoonson Says has four different versions, panda, fox, raccoon and sloth. I decided to go for the raccoon. I thought the raccoon shoes and ball combined would make an even better baby gift, but my middle daughter did not agree. Even before the ball was finished she confiscated it. She was treating it like a true Wilson from the movie Cast away. The ball actually slept next to her for a few days. I made the ball from upcycled denim (old trousers), so the fabric is indeed very soft. I filled the ball with small fabric scraps, so the ball is relatively heavy. Also a great scrap buster this ball!



I adjusted the ear construction slightly. The instructions call for a two layered felt ear. I wanted to use denim, but denim frays. So, to solve the problem I used a blanket stitch in white thread. This way the ear has two colors and it does not fray. For the shoe ears I had used Fray check, to avoid fraying. I did not have a official safety nose, so I just embroidered one. Coincidentally I did have eyes, I think it would have been cute with embroidered eyes as well though.


The first two projects were not made with my kids in mind, the third definitely was. My kids had been drooling over the baby shoes, and really wanted their own Wild Things feet. I made this cute tiger pair for my eldest daughter. I upcycled a fleece baby blanket and used some grey denim for the sole. This time I embroidered the face by hand, for the shoes I did it all with my sewing machine. I am very satisfied with my handy work, great thing to do outside on a summer evening.



The boot pattern has (mostly) different animals than the shoes, and there are some very cool ones. There is a snail, ladybug, frog, dino, dragon, deer, bat, shark, lion, tiger, cat, fox and giraffe. Again, you just have to check out the link to get an overview. The drawings are already so pretty. The rest of my kids were understandably jealous and they already ordered a ladybug and dragon. I have seen kids walking outside on leather soles, does anyone have experience with that, I know my kids would love to take them for a walk.



You can buy the entire One Thimble magazine* here for about 18 US dollar (site prices are in Australian dollars), and you can buy the individual patterns here*. The boots are available on the Big Little site, they are discounted over the weekend and available for just 8.40 US dollars.



I love to hear what you think of my creations. Feel free to leave a comment in the language you prefer (although Google translate might have to assist me if you choose something different than English, German, Dutch or Hungarian). If you buy anything through my affiliate links (*), I get a small commission (the price stays the same for you), I am very grateful for everything that feeds my fabric addiction.

14 comments:

  1. Allemaal weer erg leuk. Had je niet een stukje leer van dat oude leren jasje kunnen gebruiken voor de zool?

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    1. Ik twijfelde heel erg, ik weet nog niet wat de rest van de jas wordt, dus ik durfde er nog niet uit te knippen ;)

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  2. Wat liefffff! Het ideale kerstkado lijkt me (al is dat nog wel voor de verre toekomst).

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  3. Zowel groot als klein, schitterend en fijn, wauw!

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    1. Dat heb je mooi gezegd, goed taalkundig onderlegd?

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  4. Waaaauuw, zo tof zeg!! Die pin ik meteen!!

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    1. Echt om op te vreten, ik wacht nu op versies in mijn maat, ook ideaal cadeau lijkt me!

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  6. Die laarsjes zijn geweldig!! Misschien eens winterpantoffels van maken. Dan gaan de kinderen ze zeker aan hun voeten houden. Hoe lang heb je ongeveer aan zo een paar gewerkt ?

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    1. Het knippen en borduren deed ik een een evond voor de tv, het in elkaar naaien van de laarzen zal me mximaal ander half uur gekost hebben. Ik naaide echter ook al enkele paren tijdens het maat testen, dus qua constructie was ik al wat geoefend.

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  7. There is a lot of animal love in this post! Love the shoes, Love the Boots, Love the balls :) All very cute... One Thimble Issue 11 is such an awesome one xx

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