Do you see all of my handsome boys there together?  Oh my.  And a little man in a little suit.  Oh, I do so love this sweet boy!  It doesn’t get much more adorable then this.  Clearly he went  everywhere, saw every little thing and talked to everyone.  Also, I think that the photographer may have been a bit smitten (understandable).

Details for the bow tie can be found here.  As you can see, he was not forced to attend in his pajamas, as originally predicted.  Woo-hoo!  Score one for me!

The pattern is Butterick 6894, views B and D.  My copy is 12 years old, but it is amazingly still in print.

The fabric was a beautiful, thick, wool blend suiting with shades of grey, brown and black all mixed up in heathered diagonal stripes.

I had planned on making the older boys vests to wear.  But when I found these full outfits (shirts, pants, vests, and ties) on clearance, for around the same cost as just the fabric, well…considering everything else I wished to accomplish, it just seemed the way to go!  And they look fabulously handsome all the same, yes?

All photographs by the lovely and talented Dawn Joseph.