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 project for tomorrow is, too).
I thought it would be fun to show you some of my favorite photos from the Celebrate the BOY Flickr group to help inspire you to add more color to your boy’s wardrobe! Some of these pics are old and some are new, but the thing they have in common is that I love their use of COLOR.
Top Left: fancy pants (blogged here), Top Right: Auto hoodie (blogged here),
Bottom Left: lange benen (blogged here), Bottom Right: vingertje (blogged here)
(Those red pants are AWESOME!!!)
Color doesn’t have to be big and bold — sometimes little bits of bright color can have a big effect:
Top Left: Maxwell 1, Top Right: T-shirt for Thor,
Bottom Left: I’mFeelin’Crafty (blogged here), Bottom Right: easy being green
These little bits of yellow are great:
Left: Long sleeved Charlie, Right: Charlie
Love the little bits of green and red here:
These photos are amazing with their complementary color schemes. Don’t you love the beautiful photo compositions and great outfit combos here?
Top Left: intnieuw, Top Right: Pants for Thor, Bottom Left: J-pants for Nils, Bottom Right: Sydney
And here’s some lovely contrast:
Left: beach robe (blogged here), Right: Greenpoint Cardigan and Paperback Writer Pants
Left: little man pajamas, Middle: te wijd, Right: nieuwe broek
The photos in this post came from the Celebrate the BOY Flickr group. Feel free to join the group and share your photos, too!
This post is part of Celebrate the BOY, a series of boy sewing posts hosted by me and Dana of MADE. Check out my Celebrate the BOY archives for more boy sewing posts; I’ll update that page as we go along so you can stay in the loop!
Dana’s got a Basic Tee post (with a free pattern!) over on her blog today, so head over and check it out!
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love all those pants.
Funny, I’m working on a pants roundup right now
Gyah, where do people get these cute knit prints??!! I’m guessing they are overseas. *SIGH*
Yea, in case you can’t tell by the outfit above, we LOVE color in our house too! I made the kiddo some bright green pants and people commented about how bright they are. But those same people dress thier girls in bright colors, so why can’t boys dress in bright colors???
I plan to work on the greenpoint cardigan (my son keeps asking for his mr rogers sweater haha) and the maxwell top this week! Just ordered fabric for it yesterday. I love all the color contrast here! Thanks for the ideas
Soooo much inspiration!
Glad to see lots of Belgian creations here
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I love color too! I think colorful pants are my favorite items in my little men’s wardrobes.
Sooooo cute!! Loving CTB.
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my lil’ K has been asking for some new green pants, maybe they will get sewn up during celebrate the boy. jusy gotta find me some fabric.
love this round up. It is providing a lot of inspiration for new sewing projects, and got me thinking about some new ways of using fabric I’ve already got. Looking forward to more CTB!
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[...] it’s all about color — and pockets! Rae posted (twice!) on Monday about color – More Color! and Saffron Pants – and it was definitely inspirational. And since it seems Eli is growing [...]
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[...] what we’ve done so far: DAY 1: Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee • Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup DAY 2: Dana: Pants Roundup • Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie DAY 3: Dana: KID Pants with Back [...]
Thanks so much for including my son in his colorful cords. Loving the series, so glad you guys are doing it again!
[...] what we’ve done so far: DAY 1: Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee • Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup DAY 2: Dana: Pants Roundup • Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie DAY 3: Dana: KID Pants with Back [...]
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[...] what we’ve done so far: DAY 1: Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee • Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup DAY 2: Dana: Pants Roundup • Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie DAY 3: Dana: KID Pants with Back [...]
[...] what we’ve done so far: DAY 1: Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee • Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup DAY 2: Dana: Pants Roundup • Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie DAY 3: Dana: KID Pants with Back [...]
[...] 1: Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup / Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee DAY 2: Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie / Dana: Pants Roundup [...]
[...] 1: Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup / Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee DAY 2: Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie / Dana: Pants Roundup [...]
[...] 1: Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup / Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee DAY 2: Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie / Dana: Pants Roundup [...]
[...] 1: Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup / Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee DAY 2: Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie / Dana: Pants Roundup DAY [...]
[...] 1: Rae: Saffron Pants and Color Roundup / Dana: 5 Steps to the Basic Tee DAY 2: Rae: Little Bit of Color Hoodie / Dana: Pants Roundup DAY [...]
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