Sew Lovely: Let's Hear it for the Boys!

I have been scratching my head for awhile trying to find something to make for my sweet nephews. You see, I've only had nieces to make outfits for and now... well I have two nephews. But what do you make little boys... and then FINALLY... brownie goose patterns published the clam digger pants.

OH MY GOSH! How cute are these. So, the day she published them on etsy... I bought them and that very night, Nolan had a new pair of sail boat clam digger pants. YIKES. So cute. After I figured the pattern out, I went to the fabric store to find some more boy fabric. All my flower, polka dot, paisley- girly fabric was not going to cut it for these handsome manly-man boys.

I'm still working on picking out fabric for boys, but I'm getting there... moms of boys, help me out!

Here's what I found:

Joel Dewberry- Aviary 2 - Woodgrain in bark

Michael Miller- House Designer - Ahoy matey - ship shape in clementine

Carolyn Friedlander Architextures - Ledger in Ivory

Dear Stella- Anchors Away - Sailboats in White

Pattern Cover

Nolan in his clam diggers

Here's Cooper!

Something fun must be up on that night stand!

#1 Callout: Mark the "Front" and "Back" in the inside of the fabric. This will help you once you start sewing figure out which sides to sew on. My first pair of pants, I couldn't figure out which was the back or front and ended up sewing them incorrectly. Hello seam ripper! So, take 5 seconds and mark the front and back of both. You'll thank me later, promise.

Markings of Front and Back= life saver

Finished product --> HEART

My brother, Ryan, is a civil engineer. This fabric brought back memories of him studying in our kitchen during college and spoke to his crazy math brain. I had to snag it up and make something special for Nolan with it.