must.... finish.... skirt....

i have to get my skirt finished. i need it. everything else is dirty.

but im afraid.

i am not a good sewer. this is my second attempt at anything other than a couple straight lines. the first attempt didnt turn out so well. the sewing was sound, the pattern wasnt.

and.. what f i mess something up big time? what if i do something nuts with the button holes? what if i cut the hem too short? what if what if what if what if what if what if what if.....


my mother never really taught me to sew. i have vague recollections of helping her make me a skirt when i was 11 or something.. but im basically now teaching myself, at 25, on a VERY FANCY AND EXPENSIVE sewing machine thats really more than half computer (what sort of stitch would you like today? how fast? okydoky! push a button and away we go!! want to embroider something? insert memory cart, push button and WALK AWAY FROM THE MACHINE TIL IT BEEPS to let you know its finished!!), and i am so worried im going to ruin either my skirt, or the machine, or me. i am STILL afraid im going to sew my fingers together. even thought i cant actually get them under the needle. shush. stop laughing at me.

i DID manage to break one of the needles on the overlocker - serger - when i was finishing the seams. didnt that make me feel JUST FINE AND DANDY THANKYOU OH SO MUCH.


sigh.


i managed iron on interfacing, i made up the pattern and adjusted seams as i went, i actually managed a CURVED waistband, ive figured out a way to do the buttons because i WILL NOT attempt a zipper on my first try... why is the hem scaring me so much?

because if i can finish this skirt, i can build up the courage to try something else.

God take away my scared please.