Sunday, December 28, 2008

Baha Cat

Dolls and Friends was closing and there was this Pipos Baha Cat on 65% discount, so I got one a bit ahead of the schedule.


I wanted to take pictures of the doll outside and as it is winter now, she needed shoes for that. The doll's feet are fairly small, which limits the types of shoes I can make for her. However, boots with laces are always a safe option, so I started with those.

The picture below shows the inner soles (thick white leather) and the upper parts (brown leather). There are only three pairs of holes for the laces as the eyelets were a bit large.

Parts for Baha Cat's shoes
The next stage was gluing the upper parts in place.
Assembling Baha Cat's shoes
The leather was fairly thick, so I had to glue filler parts on the soles to make sure they would be even after gluing the outer soles in place.
Assembling Baha Cat's shoes
The finished shoes look like this. The picture was cropped from one of the outdoor photos of the doll.
Finished shoes on Baha Cat
This picture shows the outer soles, which are also made of leather.
Finished shoes on Baha Cat
Original Finnish post is here.

Thursday, December 4, 2008

Boots

I haven't made any new shoes for some time, but I did make an outfit for the American Model that can be used with the boots shown in the previous post.




Original Finnish post is here.