Objective: Sew your own clothes by hand.

Which of the following solutions is more sound in terms of naive physics reasoning?

Pick your answer from:
+ Decide what you need and prep the material you have picked out. Get your thread ready and lay it on the material. Iron it down onto the fabric to seal it..
+ Go to the store and pick out a pattern. Purchase your material, thread and needles. Wash your fabric and cut your pattern out to use..
Go to the store and pick out a pattern. Purchase your material, thread and needles. Wash your fabric and cut your pattern out to use.