The other day, I was looking at my friend's store-bought ballet type slipper shoes, which were $30. I thought that was a little much for such simple shoes. But then again, I didn't know how to make them. And then I really started thinking about it--and how much I would love some cute slipper type shoes with a sweet little print of my choosing. I've found several patterns for knitted and crocheted ballet slippers, but I don't know how to do either very well, and I'm thinking I want something made out of a kid's print of fabric. Does anyone know of a pattern or know how to make a pattern for these type of slippers?

well, you could always buy some ballet slippers from a second hand store then paint on them or cover them with fabric and string them with laces. and if you wanted them to be more like a "shoe" you could get some sort of rubber or sole from an old shoe for the bottom.. hope this helps

I'm also not sure about how you would go making them from scratch, but you could buy some from Discount Dance Supply or a ballet store (canvas ones are as cheap as $12) and embellish from there.

It also seems like if you have a knit/crochet pattern for ballet slippers, that should have a diagram for what the knitted pieces should look like before you sew them together, and you could use that to make a sewing pattern. (I don't sew, though, so I'm not positive about this.)

The pattern for the ballet slippers that I found with crochet is here:>http://www.knitting-crochet.com/crochet/antbalsli.html
I don't think there's a pattern type thing anywhere on there, but maybe if you somehow figure out the size of the stitches?

could you use a cheap pair of flip-flops for the sole? they'd be sort of chunky then though... you've really got me thinking now though, coz I wanna make some!