I'm a single mum, got pregnant on the pill and so my boyfriend left me.. after 5 years. He came back and saw DD a few times and then disappeared again. I struggled a bit with PND which I was going to counselling for. It was/has helped but it finished back in August last year. I decided that I need to change some things in my life and then I should hopefully be back to my normal (as normal can be) self. So moving out is one of the things that is happening soon, as my DM asked me to stay with her so she could help with DD, which I am extremely grateful for, but it's time to get my own space again as she can be difficult and has started to go against me in some things involving DD.
My job is a minimum wage job, the company I work for is a big chain company and it's not the best but it's a job for nowadays and they're good with my hours around DD. I would love to have a job I would feel proud of. I started my management training recently and it's made me realise that I dont want to stay in this company, they really dont value their employees, but I dont see much point in jumping into another minimum wage job. I have alot of experience in retail and hospitality but they're all basically the same aren't they? I used to work abroad and I was going to focus on a career change when I was done exploring, but DD kind of change that plan 
I'm very artistic, I love making things and drawing and recently I've been wanting to design my own clothing, mainly for children.
I have some graphic ideas for tshirts etc but I'm not really sure about how I'd go about gettin my work printed onto clothing.
I see alot of people doing the personalised "name/initials" tshrits which isn't what I'm thinking of, more art work onto clothing.
How would I do this? I've looked online and it says I can get them printed in bulk, but I'd more like to do it myself as a hobby first and then see how it goes. I've seen things such as a "cricut" machine, but they're pretty pricey. But I'd definitely be willing to invest if this was to help me get started. I'd also love to learn how to make clothes from scratch, but I dont know how to use a sewing machine. I've looked at short college courses for fashion design etc but there doesn't seem to be any, only the standard 3 year course.
My DM told me to teach myself with youtube videos, but I was hoping to actually go somewhere and learn so I can ask questions and also maybe meet new people too, so it can help with my mental health.
Is this a stupid idea?
I love the idea of owning my own business, but am I living in a dream thinking that I can make my own clothing business? I feel like my design ideas are quite unique, I've not really seen anything the same, maybe similar but not extremely.
If anyone has any tips, places/websites to visit for info to help get me going I would really appreciate it.
Sorry it's long, but this has been on my mind for a while and I thought you guys would be pretty honest. Also sorry for the life story at the beginning, but I felt if you know a but about my situation too then you can better judge if I should let go of this idea or not. Obviously i wouldn't be quitting my job anytime soon either.