Sew Your Pride 2023
Last month we put a call out to the community asking you to share outfits that make you feel proud—whether proud of your queer self, proud of new sewing skills, or just proud of how fantastic you looked for a Pride event! You can check out the #sewyourpride tag on Instagram to see the full spectrum of beautiful makes from this year (and previous years). A few of you agreed to be showcased here on the blog in our first roundup—enjoy these gorgeous and talented queer makers and their creations below, along with some of their own words on what they’ve made…
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Spencer: Fabric Types for Undergarments
Spencer gives a helpful overview of different kinds of fabric you might consider for various undergarments.
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Andie: Adaptive Gender Euphoria
Andie Wells writes about feelings of gender euphoria with a disability and chronic illness. They create a Rad Patterns Riley Crossover bra and speaks to the types of alterations needed to adapt to their chronic illness and sensory issues. They speak about what androgyny means to them.
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Liam: Adding a Packing Pocket to Boxer Briefs
Liam (he/him), walks you through his simple method for adding a packing pocket to a pattern for two-piece pouch front boxer briefs. This method can be used with a variety of different patterns or even adapted for use with ready-to-wear or previously sewn underwear.
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Shannon: Queer Times in My Dollhouse
How making a dollhouse and reclaiming my childhood dolls allows Shannon to live in queer time.
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Sam: Sewing as a Practice in Re-Parenting
Sam discusses how she sews for her inner child in a roundabout way.
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Bri: Sewing for My Inner Child is Sewing for Sensitivity
Bri recounts rediscovering their childhood joy and attentiveness to their body’s needs through sewing.
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Lizzy: A Backpack for my Inner Child
Lizzy writes about growing up homeschooled and provides a full tutorial for making a backpack.
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Ainsley: Playing Dress-Up
Ainsley reflects on their childhood love of dress-up and on reclaiming that joy and playfulness in their style as a non-binary, queer adult.
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Shannon: Making Room for Hips in Shirt Patterns (or RTW!)
Shannon offers several different techniques for adding room to the hips of a shirt.
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Shannon: Flat-Front Shirts over Bras or Binders
Shannon offers a tutorial on how to adjust a “menswear” button-front shirt for a full chest and hips.
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Liam: Shirt Placket Tips and Tricks (Mistakes I've Made So You Don't Have To)
Liam (he/him), a self-professed “ambitious beginner” sewist, shows you all his less than glamorous sleeve plackets and cuffs and shares bits of knowledge acquired by trial and error that pattern designers assume you know.
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Julian: Reclaiming your Power through Color and Print
"Acknowledging my true self helped me step into my love for bold color and print." Julian of Julian Creates talks about his journey to bold and colorful menswear inspired fashion, and provides tips for how others can do the same.
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Shannon: Picking a Shirt Pattern
Getting started with shirtmaking can be intimidating, and picking the right pattern will give you the best foundation for creating the perfectly-fitted shirt of your dreams. Shannon walks us through how to do just that!
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Terrance: Making Space in Fashion
Terrance Williams talk about the importance of inclusivity and how it has helped his small business. He also talk about the importance of acknowledging sustainability and the impact that living in your truth can have no only for your brand but also for your customers as well.
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Katherine: Drafting a Pirate Shirt (Pt. 2)
Avast, me hearties, and join us for parrrrrt two of Katherine’s pirate shirt drafting tutorial!
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Katherine: Drafting a Pirate Shirt (Pt. 1)
Ahoy! Katherine leads us through the first half of drafting a custom-fit pirate shirt in arrrrr first drafting tutorial.
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Juniper: Falling in Love
Juniper Lewis (they/them) writes this week about falling in love with the trials and triumphs of drafting their own patterns, and the ways their own gender experience affects their sewing choices.
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Sew Your Pride 2021
A round-up of some projects submitted for the #SewYourPride challenge this year.
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Jasika: In the In Between
Jasika Nicole reflects on her experiences growing up mixed race and her partner Claire coming out as non-binary.
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