To begin sewing again, I started with really simple things!
Then the Princess needed jeans, so she and her dolly got matching pairs.
And their Mommie wanted Trick-or-Treat bags to go with their cat costumes. She found the image on the web. We printed it onto iron-on paper. (I don't recommend this--it doesn't stick very well, but was fine for a one-night thing.)
(In 2010 I used the scraps from these bags to make a little friend's Cowgirl costume.)