Costuming difficulties...

I have a problem.  Besides being a terrible procrastinator, I also no longer have anyone close enough to me to help me with sewing problems now that mom has passed.  My younger son's costume will take next to no time once I get it started (see where I'm going with that?  ONCE it's started?  lol), but my daughter's costume is giving me FITS!  I'm nearly in a panic over it, to be quite honest.  And what's worse, I have just 5 days to get it done.  The problem, of course, is that I have an exact idea of what I want to do with it, and I have a pattern, but will have to modify the pattern considerably to make it work, and I'm just not entirely certain if modifying it the way I want to is going to work or not.  Honestly, I suppose the only way to find out is to just make the thing, but I'm a chicken and don't want to mess it up.  lol  But really, I should just DO IT, shouldn't I, and get it done.  So tomorrow that is what I'm going to do.  I'm going to clear the table, set UP my other crafting table that _FINALLY_ came home from my dad's house (we had used it for birthday parties, as well as for mom's funeral) tonight, so I can really get my craft area all set up and working for me.  But I'll still need the dining room table for cutting the fabric.  lol  If I remember to take pictures as I go, I'll try to remember to post them as well.  Wish me luck, all you nonexistent readers!  :D