As a friend of mine put it quite succinctly – why is the road always blocked?
It has become abundantly clear that I am not going to be able to do this entirely on my own. Besides my lack of ability on the sewing machine (I managed to bend a needle on my first day), my two children are clearly not going to allow me to get any work done.
Luckily I have been back in touch with my manufacturer and he is working on another prototype for me.