DIY Pride Gear
Written by the AUREA Team
Word count: 641
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes
The rainbow flag became a symbol of the gay community in San Francisco, 1978, and is now used the world over by the collective LGBTQIA+ community. You see a rainbow flag flying and you know someone cares.
Symbols of identity are a shorthand that speak of pride, unity, and comfort. There’s a reason we aros practically throw a party at the sight of an aro flag at a pride event. It is a statement worth celebrating.
The AUREA team have put together some pieces of our own. Aromantic gear is few and far between and often accompanied by horrendous shipping costs. Below you will find seven tutorials, with the cost to make them.
A light-skinned hand holding a pendant made of small stones looped onto metal. The stones, from top to bottom, are the colors of the aromantic flag. At the bottom, the metal twists into a golden feather.
Flag Pendant
Make your very own customizable pendant! This necklace is simple to design and create, with little experience in jewellery making needed. The estimated price for this piece is around $20AUD or $14USD. Follow this tutorial for more details.
A hand-painted button pin in the design of the aromantic flag.
RE-PURPOSED Button PINs
Got any old buttons lying around? This tutorial will show you how to change those unwanted items into the aro flag at the low cost of some cheap paints.
Three hand-painted button pins. One is white with the word ARO in capital letters written in the middle in green. Around the word are small lines, alternating black and green, emanating from the center. Another pin is hand-painted in the design of the asexual flag. The last pin is hand-painted in the design of the orange akoiromantic flag.
Button PIns from Scratch
Don’t have any old buttons lying around? Here’s how you can make your own buttons from dollar store items at around $7AUD or $5USD. This tutorial will show you how to put these buttons together and give you the freedom to create your own designs.
Two large hoop earrings, each with five yarn tassles in the colors of the aromantic flag.
Tassel Earrings
For those of you who want less than subtle pride gear, these earrings are here to deliver. Coming in at around $9AUD or $6USD this statement piece is unmissable.
A handmade circular white cloth patch with a black border and an arrowhead in the center. The arrowhead is colored like the aromantic flag.
Arrowhead Patch
Have you always wanted to cover a cool jean jacket in fun patches? This tutorial will teach you how to make your dreams come true. If you have no experience with embroidery this first piece will cost around $20USD or $30AUD, but once you own the starting supplies every patch to follow will be dirt cheap.
A handmade rectangular off-white cloth patch with a thin green rectangle border. Inside the rectangle border is an arrow pointing left. The arrow is colored in the aromantic flag colors.
Arrow Patch
Finished your first patch already? Here’s a second one! Scroll down for the instructions.
A knitted beanie hat in the aromantic flag colors.
Flag Beanie
Keep yourself warm with this aromantic beanie! For those of you that have no experience and no supplies this piece will cost around $30USD or $44AUD. Like the patches, this price pays for an investment in more knitted items.
We had a lot of fun making pride gear and we hope you do too! Whether you wear these pieces every day of the week, for your next pride parade, or alone in your room we hope they remind you of the vast community you are a part of. We hope to do more articles like this in the future, if you have a DIY of your own you’d like us to share or an idea you want brought to life, email as at contact@aromanticism.org.