I started sewing when I was in highschool, and I was fearless. I'd hear about a technique, and I'd try it.

There was a dressmaker's dummy in the dressing room of my highschool's theater department. One day I happened to have time to kill before rehearsal, and a skirt I had bought at a rummage sale (long a-line in turquoise jersey with silver threads). I draped a pretty good strapless sheath dress, and used the waistband to add a halter strap. The dummy wasn't the same size I was, so I never wore it myself, but I did include it in a fashion show I did for arts week at school

I sew because clothes should fit people's bodies, not vice-versa.