Please on't give up! When I get overwhelmed, I tell myself that I"ll do just one seam, and then I can quit if I want to. And, sometimes I do put it down & move on. BUT, sometimes I'll sew "just one more seam" ,and success breads
sucess & self-confidence. Was it Charlie Chaplin who said that "The biggest factor to success in life is just showing up!" So show up at that machine and do it. The first part of learning anything is learning technique, and then you'll have the freedom to make artistic decisions. As someone told me in my early thirties, "You're just having growing pains!" It made me laugh, & helped put things in perspective.