# Learning how to sew

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sew/339653>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 12, 2006, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sew/339653 "2006-01-12T14:13:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sew/339653/21 "2006-01-17T00:45:10Z")

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> [@Gerome](#):
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> But how difficult would learning to make clothes be? I just want to make sure I’m not trying to jump in the deep end of a very deep pool (what an clunky metaphor).

No big deal.  
Newly trained tailors of men’s suits enter the work force on a regular basis.  
You seem to have a head start on the sewing end. Why not you?

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**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-how-to-sew/339653/22 "2006-01-17T06:32:32Z")

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I started by taking thrift store clothes and old clothes I hate and altering them to fit better and be more intersting. Then I branched out to the discount fabric store. See if you can find one in your area- mine sells perfectly good fabric at $1.75 a yard and has more selection than most normal fabric stores.

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