{"id":26022,"date":"2013-02-24T22:19:33","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T03:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/?p=26022"},"modified":"2013-07-25T22:38:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T02:38:06","slug":"beautiful-booties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/24\/beautiful-booties\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Booties"},"content":{"rendered":"
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booties by Mela Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n

I love to see babies in pretty booties.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s true that the generic, elasticized, pull-on socks are very serviceable and sometimes stay on tiny feet better than the classic style.\u00c2\u00a0 Still,\u00c2\u00a0 it is a visual treat to see a wee babe wearing pretty booties, even boys. To me, such footwear seems to say, “This baby is special.”<\/p>\n

Vivian Rose is wearing a pair in an\u00c2\u00a0 earlier post<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The three pairs in the above photo were made by Mela Wilson and purchased at Farmhouse Fabrics<\/a> long ago.<\/p>\n

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Pink cashmere flannel Mela Wilson booties have batting between the lining and the top.<\/p><\/div>\n

For my own newborns, I knitted about a dozen pair for each and enjoyed every stitch.\u00c2\u00a0 Several years ago, a young mother confided to me that she and her friends had agreed that a baby can never have too many bibs, booties or burp cloths.\u00c2\u00a0 And that’s because they get lost or ruined.<\/p>\n

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The diamond pattern that surrounds the bullion roses is such a nice detail.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Booties come in a variety of sizes, which is good because so do babies.\u00c2\u00a0 These silken beauties were too small for both Laurel Cade (10 lbs.) and Vivian Rose (8 lbs. 7 oz.) at birth.\u00c2\u00a0 But they are so lovely and soft.<\/p>\n

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crocheted silk booties from Old San Juan<\/p><\/div>\n

Many of my hand knit booties were lost through the years, so when I knew grandmotherhood was just months away, I purchased several pair of the hand knit and crochet beauties in the baby shops of Old San Juan.\u00c2\u00a0 I was too busy sewing to knit.<\/p>\n

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The ribbons will be replaced on many of these.<\/p>\n

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Mela Wilson crocheted Mary Jane booties<\/p><\/div>\n

These ecru booties were a happy find.\u00c2\u00a0 They go well with the Liberty smocked daygown. <\/a><\/p>\n

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It was interesting that these booties came with no button for closure. The MOP shank buttons were added when I got them home.<\/p>\n

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This style stays on especially well.<\/p><\/div>\n

Handmade booties can incorporate any form of needlework.\u00c2\u00a0 These feature shadow embroidered angels.<\/p>\n

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Mela Wilson booties feature shadow embroidered angels. For body and extra warmth, this batiste pair also has a thin layer of batting between the lining and the bootie top.<\/p><\/div>\n

These are all in Vivian Rose’s wardrobe now.<\/p>\n

If I ever have a free moment, I would enjoy making a pair of pretty booties. \u00c2\u00a0 Have you made any?\u00c2\u00a0 Did you knit, crochet, tatt, smock, or use an in-the-hoop machine embroidered design?\u00c2\u00a0 Please tell us about it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I love to see babies in pretty booties.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s true that the generic, elasticized, pull-on socks are very serviceable and sometimes stay on tiny feet better than the classic style.\u00c2\u00a0 Still,\u00c2\u00a0 it is a visual treat to see a wee … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26049,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26022"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26022"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26062,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26022\/revisions\/26062"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.janicefergusonsews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}