craftgrrl | i will live a simple life

hi.

i like sowing stuff. it takes a long time. and more than likely, i am doing it completely wrong in whatever standard way there is.

i would very much like to make my own shirts and especially my own jeans and pants. i have some really awesome ideas for shirts using two tones and rockin designs and all that funstuff. jeans...i just want to make all my old jeans fit better, instead of donating them.
with that in mind, i should probably get a sowing machine, but uh, that is one scary contraption. and if i could do it by hand, i'd have bragging rights to the forever.

is this possible?

should i take classes on this stuff?