Here’s another variation on the Flashback tee that I love to make for my kids — the turtleneck! Again, this can be easily done with ANY tee, as you’ll see in the how-to (below).

I love stripes! And though this turtleneck doesn’t really follow my “more color” rule, there’s something about stripes that I just can’t get enough of, even when they are more subtle color-wise. I think navy and off-white is quite possibly my favorite stripe color combo. Maybe black and off-white.

Elliot loves this turtleneck. He wears it with these green cords whenever he can (or with these radio pants, an outfit that gets a lot of comments, let me tell you, whenever we go out). And…

Today I’m going to show you how to make the “Little Bit of Color” Hoodie I posted yesterday, which uses my Flashback Skinny Tee as its starting point. If you’re not sure you want to commit to buying the pattern (although it’s really really awesome…end shameless promotion), you could use Dana’s Basic Tee pattern, which is a classic-fit-tee style, or even trace a tee that you have lying around. This hoodie is pretty simple, so you can really do this with ANY tee pattern!

You will need:

• Rib knit, aka ribbing, for the contrast trim (I like 1×1 rib knit because it can be used for tees AND the neckbands, cuffs, trims, etc.)
• Your basic tee pieces: front and

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In yesterday’s color roundup post, I showed you a ton of ideas for using color in boys’ clothing. This hoodie for Elliot is another example of how I love to use color in a more subtle way. Sometimes pairing a bright color (like teal! or red!) with a neutral (like off-white or grey) can create a really fun pop of color.

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This hoodie was made with my Flashback Tee Sewing Pattern, a super-basic skinny tee that comes in two sets of sizes, little kid (12 months – 5T) and big kid (6-14). Elliot has *JUST* made it into the big kid sizes…yay!!! Sooo glad…

When I started planning what I wanted to sew for Elliot this year for Celebrate the BOY, I realized that my taste when it comes to boy clothing — or, really, any clothing — tends to follow a few very clear themes. My first rule? You can never go wrong with MORE COLOR.

Boys get the short end of the stick already when it comes to a colorful wardrobe, so one of the joys of being able to sew for a boy is that you can make his clothing more interesting and fun. Color is one of my favorite ways to do that! The Saffron Pants I posted today are an obvious illustration of this (and you’ll see that my…

Let’s kick off this round of Celebrate the BOY with a little bit of color, shall we?

I’m just mad about saffron….saffron’s a-mad about me. (I know I can’t be the only one who gets “Mellow Yellow” stuck in their head whenever they hear the word “saffron,” right?!).

THEY CALL ME MELLOW YELLOW (quite rightly).

These pants make me so happy. You might already know how much I love green pants. But I think I might love yellow pants just as much! And these look amazing with the rain boots he got for Christmas from Auntie Elli and Uncle Joe.

These pants were upcycled from an old pair of JCrew capris that were actually — and I say this so…

If you’ve been paying attention lately you’ll know that Dana and I have been hinting big time at something fun in the works…

That’s right, it’s time for another Celebrate the BOY series! Woooooot!!! *does kermit arms*

Dana and I will be joining forces again, starting next week Monday, for TWO WEEKS of BOY-only posts! Sewing for boys can be frustrating sometimes; there are simply more options when it comes to sewing for girls. Dana and I first launched a month-long Celebrate the BOY series back in February 2010 in an effort to address this and BOY (har har!) did we ever get a huge response! It was so much fun we decided to do it again…