A funk

I have been having massive issues with the Parfait dress by Collette, and it is now languishing in the corner. I have talked about the issues with the fit here, but since then about 6 other things have gone wrong. Among these, turns out it is really hard to insert an invisible zip without an invisible zip foot, plus I really struggled to insert the zip when I had already stitched up part of the side seams, as per the instructions. After a long and arduous struggle I managed to get it sewn in, although it is not invisible...

Then, I was doing the buttonholes, four in total, and when I got to the fourth button hole my machine decided to have a grump. It got stuck so instead of making a buttonhole it just stitched a massive lump of thread. So I had to unpick a buttonhole, let me tell you, that is not a fun experience.

Finally, I got all this done, got two buttons sewn on, tried on the dress, and the zip broke, Yep, the actual zip, nothing to do with me but because apparently everything is total crap and zips are now made to last a day. So, I threw the dress done (after needing to use a pair of pliers to get it off!) had a cry and sat down to do some knitting. And immediately dropped a stitch.

So, how do you deal with a bad making day? Soldier on, take a break, go shopping?