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Embroidered Baby Moccasins by Rachel Faucett for WeAllSew
Baby Moccasins
created by Rachel Faucett of Handmade Charlotte
materials and tools
• Four 9ʺ x 12ʺ sheets of craft felt in desired colors
• Coordinating sewing thread
• Scissors
• Straight pins
• Sewing machine
• Quarter-inch foot (BERNINA Patchwork Foot #57)
For optional embroidery
• OESD StabilStick Tear-Away sticky-back stabilizer
• Quilt basting spray or temporary fabric adhesive spray
• OESD AquaFilm water-soluble stabilizer
• Coordinating embroidery thread
• Embroidery machine
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Warm, toasty, cozy, and
looking cool. Taking just
a few steps to make, the
design possibilities are
endless. Play with fabric,
leather, felt, etc. and
embellish with embroidery,
glitz, or anything you like.
This is a great project for
using up remnants, too.
Once you make a pair,
you won’t want to just
stop there. After all, when
those little piggies come
back from market, they
like to slip into something
comfortable.
Baby Moccasins
step one
 Embroider
the moccasin tops
the tear-away stabilizer to the wrong side of
the felt.
 Place water-soluble stabilizer on the top.
 Hoop all three layers together in the embroidery hoop.
 Embroider your desired design on the felt.
 Gently tear away the excess stabilizer.
 Adhere
step two
 Using
the template on page 4
 Cut six sides (three per shoe) on the fold.
 Cut six bottoms (three per shoe).
 Cut two tops. For embroidered moccasins,
center the designs on the moccasin top pieces.
step three
 Layer
three pieces of cut felt for each
moccasin bottom and side.
step four
 Baste
the three layers together.
I used basting
Tip: On my BERNINA 580,
doesn’t have a
stitch #21. If your machine
ht stitch with the
basting stitch, use a straig
le.
length set as long as possib
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.
Baby Moccasins
step four
 Sew
the moccasin top to the moccasin side, matching the
center notches as marked on the pattern pieces, using a
¼ʺ-wide seam allowance.
 Repeat
for the second moccasin.
step five
 Sew
the moccasin bottom to the moccasin side, again
matching the center notches as marked on the pattern
pieces, using a ¼ʺ-wide seam allowance.
 At
the back of the moccasin, sew where the side felt
overlaps.
 Repeat
for the second moccasin.
step six
 Fold
down the fringe area of the side fabric and topstitch
1” from the front edge of the moccasin. This will help the
fringe lay flat.
 Cut
fringe in strips approximately ¼ʺ wide.
 Remove
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the basting stitches. You’re all done!
Baby Moccasins
Baby Moccasins Pattern Pieces
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