Learning How To Sew

Let me emphasize the word LEARNING. It is a totally different language to me. I have to talk some of the instructions through with Alan so it makes more sense with what I'm doing. There is this great book I'd like to get called 1-2-3 Sew! It gives you 11 chapters with 3 projects to do per chapter to master a new skill, it even comes with patterns. Which is totally unlike what I've been doing lately. No patterns just reading off a piece of paper to try and figure it out and pray that after its sewn its going to be the right size. I started with a blanket and I ended up needing a walking foot for my machine ( I thought it was going to bust my needle and break my machine) so I had to stop until I get it in the mail. The next is a dress I made from one of Alan's old dress shirts he never wore. And last is a case I made for Mason to use during sacrament meeting that holds paper and colored pencils. As you can tell I use a lot of the same fabric. That's because I'm a freaking genius and ordered like 5x the amount of fabric I really needed for the blanket. But it worked in my favor so I could try all the new things. (and yes I still have a ton of fabric left :))
So if any of you dear friends know of easy fun things to sew let me know. I'd like to try more! Thanks girls!