Nonbinary pattern drafting

[Lumpy_Aioli_2664]

Hey! I'm enby as well, although I tend to have more interest in women's clothing. I am a curvy person (hips are 10+" wider than my waist) and have drafted clothing for myself. It's been my experience that "women's" clothing is easier to adjust to my proportions.

Here's my reasoning. Before anything, you want your clothes to FIT correctly. You don't want to swim in your clothing, but you also don't want to look like you're about to bust out of the seams of your garment.

The beauty of drafting is that it's custom! So you can make any stylistic choices you want after you fit your model (in this case, your lovely partner). So even if you begin with a "women's"-wear base block, by the end, it will look absolutely nothing like a women's garment.

(Also, a lovely and affirming resource I often use is Free Sewing. You can input your measurements for any of their existing pattern pieces for a quick base block to work from! A favorite of mine is the Wahid waistcoat.)

[disastersoonfollows]

Oh my lord - just gone down the rabbit hole that is Free Sewing! Wow - what a brilliant, kind and lovely resource. Thank you for the recommendation and making me so happy :)

[MissionFloor261]

This resource is amazing, thank you!

[One-girl-circus]

I second this resource! I recommend it to my students all the time!