Raindrop Board Shorts
You didn't think I would stop at just two pairs, did you? Silly you. Once I find something that works, I just keep going (did you miss the other two? Click to see the Retro Radio Board Shorts and Green Medal Board Shorts).
Fabric: Caroline Gavin's Cheerful Raindrops from Alewives. I have to say this fabric is absolutely lovely. While it's a little lighter-weight for shorts, I don't mind the airier fit and can't believe how soft this cotton is. Considering how beefy most of the other quilting cottons have become lately (making them not-so-great for children's clothing), I really need to make some shirts and dresses out of this stuff!
The pattern here again is the Board Shorts pattern by Patterns by Figgy's. Here's a little trick I found saved a bit of time. The shorts have three pattern pieces, front, back and the pocket. I cut two pocket pattern pieces (instead of just one) and sewed each one to the front and back pattern pieces using the 5/8" seam allowance. If you use Swedish Tracing Paper, this works really well because the pattern pieces are really strong.
Then I cut out the pattern pieces with the pockets attached as shown. Then just constructed the shorts as before but omitted the "attach pockets" steps. So easy!
These shorts got paired with another retrofied Tee for Two (took some pictures this time around, maybe a tutorial on how to "retrofy?" We'll see).
That makes THREE pairs of Board Shorts and THREE new summer outfits for the boy!
What's your go-to, repeat-over-and-over pattern for summer clothes this year?
This post is part of the Celebrate the SUMMER Boy series!You can go here to see all of the posts from Made by Rae in one place, and here to see all of Dana's posts.
This post is part of the Celebrate the SUMMER Boy series!You can go here to see all of the posts from Made by Rae in one place, and here to see all of Dana's posts.