This week, I am up over at Gracious Threads (oops, guess it is next week!)  for her Embellish is for Boys series.  She is showing some great options for making boy clothes more fun!

I am showing how to use vinyl iron-on from my Silhouette machine to dress up boy clothes.  I bought this stencil from the Silhouette store as I still have store credit from buying the machine.  The vinyl I used for this shirt was Grey Stripflock Heat Transfer Vinyl.

There are a lot of tutorials online in how to cut with a Silhouette machine, so I won’t go into that here.  Just know that I find my machine to be quite useful and fun for embellishing my kids clothes.  It is nice to be able to quickly cut out detailed designs.  If I didn’t sew a lot, I probably wouldn’t fork over the money for the machine, but since I do…yeah, it is so nice to have.

Here is the process I used in putting it on the shirt:

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Here is his embellished shirt, which is from Ottobre 3/2010.  The outfit is #35 and #36.

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I like to make matchy outfits for my kids, and I am getting much better at putting in zippers for REAL pants and shorts.  It is not as intimidating as it used to be, so I am willing to tackle some of these projects that might otherwise be too intimidating.

Here some more pictures of these fun cargos, which I did cut shorter than they were in the Ottobre.  They were clam digger length and I cut them to be knee length on him.

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I don’t understand the current styles of boys shorts which are basically capris, and how the girls shorts are basically glorified underwear.

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As you can see…I forgot to get the chalk off for the welt pockets.  Oh well, it’s not like he noticed.  A good washing will make it go away. 🙂

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I used some nice soft knits for the top, and he said it felt like jammies.  I think that is a pretty good indication that it is comfy!

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 Why yes, our deck is falling apart.  It is actually slightly separating from the house.  This year may be the year for it to go.  Houses…such a money pit!