New class! "How to Measure Yourself"

A class for all genders

Photo: how not to do it, via Wikipedia Commons

Learning how to measure the human body is step one in eventually learning how to make your own clothes. But if you’re a queer sewist, you might already be struggling with the assumptions a lot of sewing resources make about what that body looks like. Most of the stuff you’re going to find is geared towards cis women, down to the free measurement charts you can find online—most of them feature a “woman’s” body with an hourglass waist, and good luck trying to find a guide that includes a person wearing a binder or breast prosthetics.

Me and my friend Kat are aiming to change that with our next online workshop, “How to Measure Yourself.” Not only will we talk about how to find your measurements if you don’t look like the people in the above illustrations, we’ll help you figure out how to get those measurements that are traditionally very hard to do yourself (like figuring out your own skirt length and pant hems.) Get tickets here, and get ready to see your body in a whole new way.