I was a little bit wrong. Sure enough pattern was easy to cut out but I must admit good instructions always help. Partway through sewing the boot together, I was given the instruction to sew the sole to the rest of the shoe. What made it interesting was the fact that it did not tell me how...so after some pinning and guesswork I managed to sew the thing on.
The pattern called for all felt but I thought it would be nicer with a mix of material and felt. Changing the materials meant that I had to change some of the techniques for construction. This is where I found another aspect that annoyed me while sewing. My sewing machine kept playing up while doing the zigzag stitch. For some reason in the midst of sewing it would just cut the thread. I'm not sure whether it was tension being too tight but it did it multiple times. It was frustrating because it made some unsightly finishing on my sewing as some areas showed that it clearly had been re-sewn a few times.
The finished product is reasonable, however it does show one more mistake which occurred when I was punching holes for the laces. I accidentally had the top of the booties underneath the spot I was punching and thus I ended up taking a chunk out of that bit too!
However, all in all a bit of fun and more difficult than I first thought! I reckon I could still practice some more sewing going around bends so that they are not so uneven.
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