So I decided to start with the skirt before jumping straight into the dress pattern. It's definitely easy enough, I just know jack about my machine and I was having some tension issues. Turns out all along I had been threading it properly, but this time I looked at their little crude drawing (and their instructions that say follow the directions in the picture) and thought that I had to loop the thread around something I had never looped it around before. I should have known that that was my issue once I started, but no, I was convinced it was the bobbin.
It wasn't the bobbin.
So I spent the better part of my allotted time this evening trying to thread my damn machine. After that things went pretty well, but I've been having issues with the thread bunching up on me (I think the tails are getting tangled up) on the bobbin side. I've only had that issue so far at the spot where I'm sewing the elastic ends together so clearly it's a spot where I have to sew and turn, and sew and turn, and I'm betting I'm just not being careful enough.
That's where I'm at right now. I may try and sew a little more (or pull out some stitches) before bed, but I may just call it a night. We'll see.
