Haha I definitely feel like I'm living in a dream most days! I decided when I was 8 I was going to be a hobbit. The people laughed but look at me now 😂

Each peice took a couple hours. Each was an afternoon project but done on different days. I made the dungarees a wee while ago and the blouse a couple weeks ago.

Haha thank you!

Thank you! While I have bought new notions or linen on occasion, I really try for 2nd hand first. 90+% of my crafting materials come from the dump or 2nd hand shops

I've been sewing since I was a kid but it was mostly homeware stuff/tote bags/plushies and not seriously until I got a job at a clothing factory where my desk was near our clothing developer. She made it all click into place and seem a lot less complicated. Patternsnare just a more fun version of geometry class. The Very Deep Dark trade secret is cutting as neatly as possible, pressing all your seams, finishing your raw edges either with an overlocker, binding, flatfelled seams, french seams etc.

For construction, all you have to do is follow instructions on a pattern. Even self drafting is just creating your own pattern then using the same series of steps you would find in a commercial pattern. I recommend pdf patterns from indie pattern companies for beginners over the ones at bigbox stores as they can be printed again if you stuff up sizing and they tend to have better instructions and even video tutorials.