Wednesday 2 November 2011

Childbirth and felted Booties.


One of my very good friends gave birth to her fist child on sunday morning after 24 hours of labour...OUCH! Not that I need any excuse to get crafty I sprang into bootie making action when the news came through that baby Alice had added her heartbeat to the world.

I didn't want to make them in advance in case God forbid anything bad was to happen. My friend is Sweedish so I made the booties in the Sweedsih national colors of blue and yellow, not very girlie I know but hey. They are made with 100% merino wool fleece and I used soap that I made myself too.

I then had the idea of doing a photo tutorial for felted booties, so I got to making another pair. I have my photos on the computer just waiting for five mins to put it all together. I love learning new crafts soap making being my latest hobby and I really appreciate it when people share recipes or techniques on their blogs. I figure that you have to give to receive.

So be sure to check back over the next few days as I will be posting a hand felted bootie photo tutorial.

14 comments:

beautiful swag store said...

congrats to your friend.

cute booties!

nangatesdesigns said...

The booties are adorable!!

Symbolic Imports said...

Love the booties, and congrats to your friend on her new arrival!

magdamagda fashion said...

oh how extremely sweet! Just perfect- as a gift and as a creation! looking forward to your tute!

Bella the Bead said...

Darling booties! Welcome to the world Baby Alice!

Michelle said...

What a wonderful gift!

Deb said...

uniquecozytreasures- Those are really cute booties! A tutorial would be great.

Inessa/Prittyfy said...

Awww... they are adorable and warm!

vintagebyrachel said...

Wow !!! lovely present :) Congrats !!!

Sewinggranny - Mona said...

Those are so cute.. congrats to your friend.

Kathleen said...

Love the booties... and they look pretty girlie to me ;-)

Unknown said...

Those booties are adorable! I am sure your friends baby will look too cute in them!

CreekHiker / HollysFolly said...

Congrats on the new addition! The booties are adorable!

Michelle said...

What a wonderful gift!