Sewing Ambitions

I happened across this really cool website a couple of days ago, which reminded me of yet another skill I would like to acquire: sewing. My interest in sewing is primarily geared toward refashioning clothes that I already have and that I find at thrift stores as well as using some of the beautiful fabrics I've purchased at estate sales throughout the years.
About every three months or so I think to myself that I should dig my clunky 70's era Singer out of the closet and actually learn how use it. Chances are, I'll continue to think about it, and not really learn anything new. For those of you out there with more follow through skills than I posess, here are some books that might be of interest:
- Rip it! : How to Deconstruct and Reconstruct the Clothes of your Dreams by Elissa Meyrich
- Cheap Frills : Fabulous Facelifts for your Clothes by Jennifer Knapp
- Sew Subversive : Down & Dirty DIY for the Fabulous Fashionista by Melissa Rannels
- Sew U : the Built by Wendy Guide to Making your own Wardrobe by Wendy Mullin
- Sewing for Dummies by Jan Saunders Maresh

