How to get started in sewing?

Here is a list - http://sewing.org/html/guidelines.html You can find a Singer kit in sewing stores that contain most, if not all of the basics.

You will also need a few scraps of cotton and a spool of thread to test drive the sewing machine to see how it works before you actually sew a project. There will be a manual with the machine that will take you step by step from beginning to end - don't skip or you will miss out on important information.

learn sewing terms. learn how to read a pattern. learn about fabric. Go to your public library for beginning sewing books.

Check out some of the info and links in my answers to these previous questions:

How hard is it to teach yourself to sew + links for sewing groups, etc:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201006...

info for beginning sewers

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201001...

videos at Simplicity site for doing a whole pattern, and other info in left bar:

http://www.simplicity.com/t-sewing-videos-jumper-1...

info on sewing "all kinds of things" at Craftster boards:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ap1m_...

. . . .I put *direct* links to some of the boards there you might be interested in in the Sources area below (or just find and click on them from inside the Craftster site):

sewing machines for beginners:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=200701... (my long answer)

...differences between machines (electronic, etc.):

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201007...

duct tape dress forms

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=201105...

You could perhaps practice some hand-sewing but once you get a machine you won't really be doing that in general.

HTH

Tons to learn by watching YouTube. Check it out!