Everyone should have a friend who is patient enough with you to teach you how to sew (and allow you to change your mind several times about which fabrics to use!)
What do you do to satisfy your creative itch? This is what I did . . . Downloaded the Monterey Market bag pattern by Tanya Whelan. . . ...
Fun Words
mumpsimus - a traditional notion that is obstinately held although it is unreasonable; "he still holds to the old mumpsimus that a woman's place is in the kitchen"