Never too late to learn patsy, our local school runs courses in many things making your own clothes is a popular one. Or you can do it on line with craftsy http://www.craftsy.com/lp/Sewing_Free_Classes_Offer_2499?ext=SEM_121046_G-Search_learning-to-sew_p&utm_source=SEM-Sewing&utm_medium=Search%20Text&utm_campaign=SEM&gclid=CIDIo9j-kb4CFQoYwwod8JoA1w&initialPage=true
Some people on etsy teach too.
It is too late gal - just couldn’t do it now - ribs, back, neck and hands wouldn’t let me. All that bending and leaning forward - just not right for me.
Have to be content with watching the ‘Sewing Bee’ fab series 
Never had the talent for making clothes. Never really wanted to either.
I did at one time knit some lovely bootees. I then thought I could be
a great knitter and started a jumper for my son who was about 18months
at the time. I managed to finish it when he was nearly 5 and it fit him
then so goodness knows what I was doing with it. 
My Auntie Flo was a great knitter and could make a cardigan in a day.
My cousin and the daughter of Flo, could make fabulous dresses She even
did her own wedding dress and my sister and I were her bridesmaid dresses.
So talent in our family but just not on my side
I was a great telephonist instead. :-p
Ah yes I know that feeling, I have problems embroidering often so this piece I am doing now will be the last I think, sad really I started embroidering when I was 5 so it’s been a constant with me all these years. Happily I seem to have inspired my niece and she does some wonderful pieces.
It’s something I used to do years ago but doesn’t seem worth it now.
I wear a lot of tops, blouses and trousers now and I can buy some lovely stuff in Marks, at a reasonable price and good quality.
I don’t wear dresses, they seem so old fashioned.
I always hated home knitted stuff…felt like a poor relation, when my mates at school wore shop bought cardies, and it has stuck with me.
I would say that I haven’t bought shop made curtains though, still prefer to make my own … nets as well as drapes.
Only time I wear trousers is to walk the dogs, I don’t make them I buy from ebay jogging bottoms £5er a time can’t source material for that price. Dresses and skirts and tops I like them long and floaty no one makes them long enough or floaty enough for me so making them makes sense.
I used make my own clothes when I was a teenager, loved it, made my bridesmaid dresses as well.
I’ve had to make my own curtains when first married as the windows were so big and long, you couldn’t get ready made.
knitted stuff for my Son when he was young.
I don’t now though. but I still knit stuff for my charity.
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Boy, lots of talent here!
I wanted to make some tops when I was younger but just got so lazy about it
Then I found buying the pattern, material, notions, etc ended up costing more than buying a clearance top at WalMart.
I don’t wear dresses either. I can hem jeans but I have a second hand pair I bought in 2012 still waiting to be hemmed!
I’m a lost cause.
The boss (Dianne) used to make her own clothes. She made her own wedding dress in white velvet with a hood trimmed with swan’s down and bridesmaids dresses in electric blue. Now she buys most things in Germany.
Years ago, I worked with a man who made clothes for all his family. He made his own suits for work and his daughter’s wedding dress.
I have to admit some of the best knitted garments we have produced were knitted by my husband and he makes rugs too ! So a man sewing seems quite usual to me.
SHAZAM! Nice to hear about the men!
Yes, I used to when I had more time. Of course they were simple things like elastic waist pants, jumpers, and tunic tops. Tailoring and alterations are will beyond my scope, though.
I have a sewing machine but making your own clothes? Why would you?
There are plenty of skilled Chinese and Indians workers who can make complete garments for less than the materials cost me. I’ll leave it to them.
I did once cut the legs off some old jeans once to make shorts, does that count?
It would be great to make me own clothes, that way you can have ‘exactly’ what you want …
I’ve often wondered if I dare shorten T shirts, which I find too long and have to be tucked into my skirt, when I would prefer to wear them outside.
Asked a local lady who does alterations and she quote me £6 a shirt, most of them cost less than that to begin with!!
Hi Val … I shorten tshirts … I use a zig zag stitch or two rows of straight stitches slightly apart … I don’t do a “double” turn-up as it is too bulky and none have ever frayed.
For instance if I want 2" off I measure 2" from the bottom and pin all round … sew a single hem of 1/2" … then trim off the excess as close to the stitching as possible. This is easier than cutting before you sew.
Give it a try on an old tshirt 
I use to be a machinist ,I made dressing gowns for M&S,night gowns too
And in another job I made M&S jumpers ,I was a skilled Machinist for 6 years,.I did make my own Skirts ,this was in the 60s and 70s.
I have a Overlock machine and Lockstitch,I very rarely use them ,i bought them with the intention of setting up a business but ,i don’t have the patience or Eyesight for it now. They are just collecting dust,!
Thank you myrtle, I don’t have zig zag on my machine. Think I have always been more concerned with the stretchy fabric. I have turned up trouser hems, although I seldom wear trousers.
We used to do dressmaking at school, the teacher described me as slow but sure. I also used to make clothes for me and the boys when we lived in Nairobi,
This is a picture of those times, made all the outfits in photo.
You can do it without a zig zag, two rows of stitching, the zig zag is used between those rows to join them together. So you can leave it out but it may not be as strong.
I’d love to be able to make my own clothes. I’m hopeless at sewing. What a great talent it is.