Originally Posted by TonnieLoree
TV, magazines, books and self taught. It also helped that I had 30+ years of sewing, so my machine was already my friend. I should also add, here on QB.
Me, too. And although I had the required semester of sewing in 8th grade and a mother with wonderful needlecraft skills, I have to say that most of my sewing skills were self taught also, from reading the manual and sewing books.
I am not a good student in a class where you have to work along with the instructor. For some reason my mind wanders and I miss what's being said. If I can dig it out of printed words, where I can get back to it over and over, that's what works best for me. I've also taught myself knitting and crocheting and several other things. It was a slower process than it would be today, now that step by step video tutorials are available 24/7 for any technique you want to learn, and you can pause and repeat as needed.