Hi from North Staffs

[Sewcycle]

Hello jane-k. I had a similar reaction to domestic science teaching! I remember sewing up some very strange items, often not fitting. Thankfully I put that behind me and enjoy garment sewing mainly for myself. Hope you find many new ideas and inspirations here 😄

[Marniesews]

Hello & welcome from me too.
Sounds to me like you've got it right, enjoying it is the most important thing & knowing where you need to improve gives you a sense of direction & motivation to get there.

Still hoping to get there myself but more paths constantly appear & I think the trick is really to continue to travel hopefully forever.