Sewing

I like to sew. It's something to which I look forward....until I've embarked on the adventure and my sewing machine thread keeps tangling or my tension isn't adjusted correctly or the most common I can't figure out the pattern. I haven't sewed hardly at all since Kaitlyn came home. I really miss it when it isn't happening. I need something somewhat creative that isn't going to have to be done again tomorrow and the next day and the.....well, I'm sure you get it. One day God okayed it for me to buy this pattern and fabric for dresses for my girls (otherwise known as: both were on sale). I figured I could probably get two dresses for two little girls completed in four months for Christmas, right?
Since I am currently bogged down in pattern reading confusion I'm beginning to doubt it.