Originally Posted by twistedsheets
I have been sewing since I was about 10. Illinois schools also had sewing classes in Jr.High and Highschool. I make alot of my own clothes. Love to wear the scrubs around and great for bed wear also. But you can find sewing videos for even quilting on YOUTUBE as my granddaughter has recently trying to teach herself to sew, since we live over 2000 miles apart and I am unable to teach her from this distance!! Watch thefabric sales tables at Walmart and get to know the girls who work there to find out when the fabric comes on what days and you can get some really beautiful fabrics!!
My middle school had a FACS class... which was really Home Economics... we made stuffed pillows/animals depending on what you wanted. Mine was a Panda Pillow, I wish I still had it! I was 15 (I was held back due to a transcript thing from the other school I was at... they never sent it) and it was pretty good for someone who had never sewn before. I had to stitch the mouth and eyes and then I had to use the sewing machine... which I had never used before... probably would have been phenomenal if I had known what proper stitch to use. But it came out pretty good. I wish I still had it!
I'm better at sewing, but I do all of by hand... when i get a machine I'll do it that way... but I'll start small so that I can learn!