I can do a basic mend in fabric, and do some leather work (bags and such), but my talents are not in the sewing arena.
My wife, however, is amazing. She can repair, quilt, machine sew from patter, hand sew from patter, create and alter patterns. We’re Rev War reenactors, and I have some very fine clothing for both military and civilian occasions. Hers is even better, and we’d never be able to afford the hobby if she wasn’t able to sew our family’s clothing.
I took sewing classes in school, and my mother always had a sewing machine, so I learned the basics, but I haven’t sewn with a machine in years and can’t really remember much.
I am good at doing repairs by hand, and frequently do minor alterations on my clothes.
I am an expert knitter (work with expert rated patterns; bobbins and color work, fancy stitches, etc.), although I haven’t knit anything in a while.
I’ve never been good with a sewing machine. My mom is good with one, in spurts. She’ll go through periods of doing a lot of sewing projects - like doll clothes when I was little, or custom pillow cases lately - but it’s never been a regular thing for her.
Maybe it helps to have a sewing room, I don’t know. But I think having a machine and the skills to use it is priceless!!!
I can patch a hole, that’s about it. I’m excellent at Stitch Witchery, too.
It’s become a bit of a winter hobby for me. I’ve got a sewing machine and a serger (the serger is fun but I’m still trying to figure out how to do curves without it eating the fabric). I’ve made some things with patterns (sweaters for my pug as he hates Minnesota winters).
I’d really like to get into upholstery and learning to make sturdy cushions.
Bravo for knowing how to sew. 
It’s a dying skill among today’s young women.
I don’t know how to sew myself and have zero interest in learning. I’m 25-years-old and still ask my mother to sew back on a button that has fallen off of my clothes. Yes, it’s as bad as that. Lol. I fully recognise that I should be ashamed. Haha.
My mother sews quilts, but not from hand, although I think she could if she wanted to…it probably would just take her a while. I remember when she tried getting me to take a sewing class when I was like 14…she failed. I refused to do it. I was too busy horseback riding and getting dirty.
Hemming some tea towels? I assume a “tea towel” is what we US-ians would call a dish towel, the things you can buy for like $1 in your local dollar store? How is it worth it to make your own, even just considering the cost of the fabric, much less your time?!
I can sew to a modest degree by hand and by machine; I’ve occasionally made Halloween costumes, and when I was a teenager I made dolls and so forth. Nowadays I only do small repairs and the occasional minor alteration (like hemming pants), mainly by hand; I have a sewing machine but it’s buried in the junk closet and I haven’t used it for years. I also used to do occasional embroidery and other fancywork, but lack of time and energy has eaten away at that.
I stencil and sell these towels in a local craft store. I start with square flour sack towels from WalMart and I cut them in half to get the size I want. I need to hem the cut edge. For $5, I end up with 10 towels. Then I stencil them (today’s batch is crabs, black-eyed susans, and Amish silhouettes) then iron on a strip that says “St. Mary’s County, Md.”
They sell for $8 each, and I figure I have $1 of raw materials in each one. Once the store takes their cut, I think I’m making maybe $5/hr. I’m not doing it for the money - I do this, (and pottery, and knitting and crocheting) because it essentially makes my hobbies free. Plus there’s the ego thing of knowing people are buying stuff I create. Fortunately, I can survive in retirement without having to sell this stuff. 
I wanted to pick #5 because I am this () close to actually being Amish or the last for reasons I will explain shortly but I opted out for #3.
I can actually sew garments and work from patterns or pattern pieces but I do it all by hand. I have no idea how the sewing machine works nor do I wish to learn. All my sewing is for colonial era re-enacting so the hand-made look is really the best anyway.
My mother was a master when it came to designing and sewing clothes. She actually played a key role in the swimsuit designs used by Olympic athletes. She also did a lot of custom work for Renaissance fairs and theater productions. There was really nothing she couldn’t do. As a kid, she made me a Darth Vader costume and the only store-bought component was the mask.
At one point in my youth, she taught me enough of the basics that I could theoretically have started sewing things from scratch myself. Given the right equipment and patterns, I could probably recall enough of that to turn out something wearable.
However, the only thing I’ve ever actually done on my own is to put buttons back on my shirts/pants… and I’m perfectly happy to delegate that to my wife if she’s got the time.
I sew on buttons now and then, but wouldn’t trust myself with anything more complicated than that.
Like GrumpyBunny - between two options. I’m a survival seamster. Repairs I can do easily and quite well. Garments from scratch would take some time and would be iffy.
Hmm…I can sew. I know how to use a pattern. I can mend clothing, patch garments, hem, place zippers, sew on buttons, even make buttonholes. I have a lovely machine, too.
What I don’t have is the patience to sew well.
I can sew. I’ve made overalls, a few costumes, and stuffed animals from self-made patterns. However, I haven’t done anything that complex in probably 20 years.
I’m still not letting my wife get rid of the sewing machine.
Come on, folks. The obvious answer is I can sew so-so.
In reality I’m in the same boat as amarinth;
I could follow a pattern but that would require some initiative, which I seem to be lacking at this time. I do like to hem up my jeans when I get a new pair and could darn a sock if need be. I still have all my cross-stitching stuff, if that counts as sewing, and would like to do that again someday, maybe when my new glasses come in and I can see close-up again.
I learned how to machine sew and make a couple basic garments, but haven’t done it in a couple decades. I do hand repairs, though. Recently repaired ripped lining in a favorite pair of gloves, a hem that went loose on a pair of capris, and the armpit seam in a winter coat that didn’t rip as much as apparently unraveled itself.
I used to cosplay every year and sew my own costumes. Since they were kind of “one-offs” not meant to be worn every day they weren’t finished on the inside, so I’ve never actually done a fully-finished clothing item. I usually used patterns but now and then I just went at it - either simple things like vests or complicated custom things that would never have a pattern in the wild anyway.
I kind of miss cosplaying.
If I had a properly working sewing machine I’d be doing more sewing. Mostly it’s just useful things like couch covers, pillow cases, and curtains now. But since the tension on my machine is whacked, I keep putting off things I need to sew because it’s a chore to keep the thread from looping everywhere and I don’t want to pay the money for a new machine either.
I’m in the SCA - I can sew a doublet with the barest hint of a period pattern. But that’s all hand-sewing , and my machine sewing is not that great (I can machine-sew seams, basically). So I voted “Other”. I also can do blackwork embroidery.
I also sew leather…I’ve made a few jerkins and lots of bags and bottels.
Sure. I took Home Ec back in 6th grade as part of an elective “package” where one class period was divided into 4 half-semester classes comprised of Photography, Home Ec, Wood Shop, and Music (chorus, I believe). It’s extremely rare that I do, but I can thread a needle or sewing machine and put something together if need be.
I was forced to take Home Ec back in '68-'69 - all girls had to. I wanted to take wood shop, dammit!! 
But by that time, I’d already been making my own clothes for a couple of years. So while most of the other girls were struggling to make a draw-string bag and a simple dress, I made both of those things, plus a skirt, a vest, and a tie, all of which I wore that Easter! 
I’d have gotten a lot more out of wood shop.
I picked: In a pinch, I can stitch on a button or repair a hem or a seam with a needle and thread.
But really I am between that and this:
I can use patterns to make garments and other items, I can repair and alter by machine or by hand.
I cannot read patterns, I don’t comprehend what they mean at all. But I can repair and alter by machine and by hand. I can sew things like curtains, duffle bags, pillows, and aprons with a machine. The second you involve anything more complicated I am out. I tried to make pants once. I tried on a doll. OMG the poor doll had hunchgroin.
ETA: By the time I came around, FCM, girls were allowed to take woodshop and plenty of boys took home ec. I had a great time in woodshop, made butterfly keychains and a wooden fish. I was never very great but I LOVED it.