We asked you at the start of the week to vote for your preferred theme for our next theme month in May.
We are excited to announce that All Butts Welcome has won! This is a followup to our All Chests Welcome theme month last August, and we hope to provide the same combination of inspiration, fit and pattern advice, and diverse community sewing projects. All butts are good butts, of any size, shape, age, or gender.
It was a close call, with Matchy Matchy in 2nd place, Botanicals in 3rd, and Pyjamas and Loungewear a distant 4th. We love that you’ve picked a challenging topic to explore together – and don’t worry, we’ll hold your hand (but not your butt) to help you through!
Here’s the official challenge, which will run from May 1st to May 31st, 2021: Sew pants, skirts, shorts, leggings or anything else that incorporates fitting your tush! Your garments can be a loose or fitted as you want, because like we say, all butts are welcome.
Let’s get planning! What might you make?
I can finish my almost-finished Ginger jeans, if I can just find them! 😅
Get those teenagers busy with babysitting!!! Mama needs some sewing time!
Been putting off really fitting pants for years waiting for the bod to stop changing shape. Maybe it’s time to just start where I am
It absolutely is! The body you have now deserves great clothes. We’ll have some inspiration posts about simple patterns for all shapes and sizes that might help you get started!
I’m making knickers!
Me too! I have fit issues that RTW just can’t help with
Yes yes to this! Your butts deserve bespoke undies!
I wear trousers almost all the time but have never made any. On my “9 Ideas” list this year (I didn’t fancy a formal “make 9”) is to try making a non-threatening trouser pattern. I’m a slow sewist so might not yet around to it by May, but I’m sure the month will give me food for thought!
I hope you tag your trousers-in-progress so we can see them! It’s totally ok to participate and not finish the project by the end of may. 😉
I was just thinking about how my “fashion” strategy is all about making tops long enough to cover my ill-fiiting britches…time to step out of my discomfort zone?