Sewing Circle: Just starting out...

Sewing Circle: Just starting out...

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• 2.23.2011

On Sewing Circle, I answer readers' sewing questions, and you all chime in and add your perspectives!  It is so valuable to hear the views of many other sewists of varying levels, since we all have different experiences.

This time...
I got a message from a reader the other day, Carrie, who found my blog on Facebook.  She's a beginning sewist, wanting to learn more about dressmaking, and was hoping I could give some advice!

I always love when people decide to learn to sew, and am so excited and impressed when they go for it.  Of course there's a world of knowledge to pass on, but Carrie was wondering specifically about:

Recommendations for:

• Books?
• Websites?
• Suppliers?
• Online classes?

So, what suggestions do you all have for a new sewist?  It has been a while since I perused the sewing books section at Powell's, and I don't have much time to read the great sewing blogs these days, so I'm not up on who all is doing Sewing 101's and such.  What things come to mind to all of you??