One good decision I made was learning how to draw my own pattern instead of keeping buying sewing patterns (the amount of extra work is tedious: buying, printing, gluing, cutting, that's before even touching the fabric).
The fiat model of teaching is so weird: they want you to keep paying, but good teachers want to actually teach so you can outgrow them, instead of holding back so you depend on them.
quotingI'm also a hands-on learner, but there are many great tutorials online for learning how to sew, all you really need to do is learn how to thread the sewing machine (or hand sew) and do basic seams.
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What I've learned is that sewing is actually maybe like 20% of the work in making a garment, and is the easier step! The whole process starts with choosing fabric, thinking about what to make/drawing a pattern, washing, ironing (lots!), cutting, then sewing.
