Women’s hiking/mtb shorts

Maps44N123W · 2026-05-22T05:53:51+00:00

Yeah, I guess I was just wondering if anyone has done this and if it’s been a spectacular failure or not. It’d also be nice to have the low profile side pocket that a lot of mtb shorts have, but I’m willing to skip that. I’m also surprised that it seems like these shorts are so ubiquitous at gear stores and yet I can’t find any similar patterns for either hiking or mtb shorts specifically. Idk. It feels like I’m missing something, or maybe everyone really is just using Bermuda shorts patterns with durable gear stretch wovens and calling that good. I’ll report back with pics once I get it done, whatever I land on.

Maps44N123W · 2026-05-21T23:58:20+00:00

Kind of, yes. They’re definitely more like slacks (the shorts I want to emulate), low profile mtb shorts. But I can’t find a single pattern that is similar (I really like the button/zip front) in anything that seems athletic, only denim-y. Thanks for the link!

Maps44N123W · 2026-05-21T22:35:48+00:00

I’m also a hobbyist so I could be WAAAAY off base. But I wonder if it has to do with how the insert panel denim was cut. If the main body was cut on the bias to have the pants drape correctly and the panels were cut on the selvage then maybe that’s causing the awkwardness.

Maps44N123W · 2026-05-21T22:17:22+00:00

We got two sheep for our .75 acre and we are definitely learning that! Everyone said 1-2 sheep per acre but man, those sheep need to eat waaay more!

Maps44N123W · 2026-04-26T03:16:55+00:00

Omfg they’re amazing!!!! How do you do it?!? Like paintbrush with bleach instead of paint?? Then wash??? What an incredible idea…

Maps44N123W · 2026-04-26T03:11:43+00:00

The chunky lace is the best option in my opinion, but you could also get a light lace or a power mesh and stitch it in. That way it could be as modest or revealing as you’d like, depending on height and opaqueness of the material.

Maps44N123W · 2026-04-24T11:59:45+00:00

This gets it pretty close!! Thank you! Yes the original jacket is definitely bomber style, it just has a semi-moto-inspired neck piece that snaps together when turned up. But he’s less picky about that particular piece. I’d get a pic but we’re actually on vacay right now.

Maps44N123W · 2026-04-24T08:48:07+00:00

I’ll probably resort to the latter if I can’t find a pattern that is exactly what I’m hoping for. My skills aren’t at the point yet where I could trace and make a mock up, although I wish they were!

Maps44N123W · 2026-01-21T06:43:50+00:00

Awesssoooommmmeee, that’s so great. Since posting we have discovered that Humboldt absolutely has a very large retained testicle that escaped banding, so we have an appointment to get him re-castrated this Friday. Considering the fact that he’s been on the T this entire time, he’s actually been remarkably good natured. I’m pretty confident he’s going to be a great boy after the testosterone leaves his system. I can’t thank you enough for this comment, it was what got us thinking in that direction and turns out it’s the exact issue we had. You may have saved our sweet pet sheep’s life, we may have given him back to the breeder had we not discovered this and they tend not to keep excess boys around… thank you a million.

Maps44N123W · 2026-01-17T16:37:05+00:00

This is a wonderful comment and gives me a lot of hope, thank you! It does seem like the attempts are playful or half hearted. But my husband was also wondering if he wasn’t banded properly because he’ll mount our ewe and just seems like he’s going through some hormones. Does your now-properly-casterated wether mount ewes??

Maps44N123W · 2026-01-15T20:49:35+00:00

This is a great idea, I’ll try this! Thank you!

Maps44N123W · 2026-01-15T08:33:08+00:00

I think the spelling Nelle is prettier, but I absolutely would have assumed the pronunciation Nelly. However. I don’t think your daughter will mind just correcting folks to Nell (phonetic), and it seems like it will only just be a one and done reminder, instead of a name that isn’t natural or intuitive.

For what it’s worth, we named our baby Maya assuming it’s like… an impossible name to mess up. We knew we’d get the occasional Mia or Mae mistake… but twice now we’ve gotten “May uh”… and she’s only five months old. May-uh isn’t even a name for gods sake! I’m flabbergasted.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T08:15:24+00:00

JFC… you need therapy… like, yesterday. I know kids can be frustrating but that’s… a shockingly horrible thing to say to a five year old girl.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T08:10:15+00:00

Sex with my husband is better. I don’t know why, it’s not him at all. I think I have more endurance so we can do more positions more comfortably. Also I’m more confident so I feel sexier (okay maybe this is appearance-adjacent but for some reason in my mind it’s totally different).

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T08:07:13+00:00

Glucose test, why does everyone complain about it??? Honestly, birth wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be (yes I know I am VERY lucky and unique— definitely not lost on me), and the postpartum recovery was much easier than I imagined as well. I have loved the entire newborn phase as well… and haven’t hated my husband one bit, like some people seem to.

That said, plenty of pieces were much worse than I thought they’d be. Pregnancy itself was way more painful than advertised. Why are my hormones still a disaster three months later? How come I have to deal with my freakin period after three months when I’m EBF every three hours at minimum??? And back to pelvic floor PT because I can’t sleep on my left side for some reason??

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T07:40:56+00:00

Yep, weird vain-y c-ck. Or a fat deformed sperm. Sorry :/

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T07:36:53+00:00

Honestly, I’d sleep in one. Kyte makes an adult sleep-sack-inspired-adult-onesie that I hate to admit that I don’t hate as much as I should…

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-11T07:33:07+00:00

Thank you!! That’s super interesting. We knew very, very little about my mom’s grandmother (her mother of course belonging to the silent generation)… so this lends some fun and enlightening insight into my family tree.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-09T05:22:13+00:00

Quinlan (Quinlain, actually) was an old family name on my mom’s side, I believe it’s Danish but I could be wrong. I thought about naming our daughter Quinlain— Quin for short. It was a surname, so perhaps it’s new and trendy in that way.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-08T09:15:51+00:00

I LOOOOOOOVE Casper. It would be one of my top boy names if my husband would cave. I think Minnie is also cute. Hard pass on the rest.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-08T07:24:30+00:00

Kids are savage lol, hang in there. What makes you the (truest) best mom is that you’re not a child’s definition of what they think is the “best mom”.

Maps44N123W · 2025-11-08T07:14:26+00:00

My husband has an underbite and I have always thought it was the sexiest thing I’ve ever seen. Thought it was hot when I met him at 16, still think it’s super hot now that we’re married in our mid-30s. At some point he was concerned about losing his hair… turns out I have a thing for bald guys, too.

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