Support group for novice sewists

By the way, if you're looking into getting familiar with patterns, I can recommend Waves & Wild as generally writing good, clear ones, of the print-at-home type, and they also do a number of free ones. I've made their bucket hat a few times now but that has curves in, making it a little trickier, but I think they do one for a small gift bag that might be worth a look, as the next step after a pillowcase :)