Hi badgermat, it's wonderful to see you here
I pricked up my ears when you said about making things for your new grandson. I'm loving making things for my own grandchildren, the latest of whom is 4 months old. It's such fun making little things which take less than half a yard of fabric and are so quick and cute, like diaper covers (although we call them nappies here). I love browsing the tutorials with the free patterns, they are brilliant. I'm not new to sewing, however I'm a bit amateurish, so in a sense a newbie too, well, new to lots of aspects of it. When I started sewing, we didn't have the internet! Anyway, a warm welcome to you!