All I can say is Stop and breathe slowly...
Ok, now that you got that far this is the best time to draw up new works of art or figure out your up coming projects, then pre-cut them all out ready to be sewn. By doing this, you are still ahead of the game, just not up to speed on the sewing part. Then as soon as that machine comes back through the door, you can put the petal to the metal and fly!