Sewing on an ACTUAL budget 💰💰realistic sewing challenge  

Let's sew some beautiful clothing, but on a budget, in what I'm calling The Realistic Sewing Challenge! My goal is to show that you don’t need a giant sewing room, a huge budget, or a ton of shiny new sewing gadgets to make gorgeous garments!
The parameters are: use $20 to buy everything needed for a garment. That's the fabric, the sewing pattern, and the notions (zipper, thread, buttons, etc). The only exceptions we allowed ourselves were things that are already found in a normal household, like a standard ruler, basic scissors, pens and pencils, OR entry level sewing tools that would be useful not only for this project but ALSO for many future projects (black or white poly thread, a simple sewing machine, your basic hand-sewing needles, a reasonable amount of snaps or hooks & eyes). No fancy equipment, no expensive fabrics… just an average budget with average tools.