Adapt and overcome Teni! Well done I stuff lots of stuff up. I either change the original vision or bin it lol.

MG mainly self taught here too. My mum used to sew and I learned a lot from here when I was a kid, but didn't really come back to it until the last couple of years.

Sagres, thanks for those blogs!!! Awesome patterns on there.

Abigail, love the vest!

BrightSparkles, mainly online for me too. I find the paper patterns you can get at the major fabric stores now are usually outdated or tricky or daggy or not what you want.
Try; Make it and Love it, Prudent Mama, You Can Make This, MADE page, Little Bird Patterns, Melly Sews, Ucreate