Sewing Machine Cover

Some years ago I bought a sewing machine off Friday Ads for £10. Its was in very good condition and had hardly been used by the lady I bought it from. I also found a fabulous antique musical sewing table off eBay to rest my machine on. The table has a chest and it sings when its opened. Is there a pun there?! I found scraps of fabric from an upholstery store and shown here is a simple yet pretty cover made for it. It is also incidentally my first sewing project. Did I mention I only just started using the machine as nearly 5 years!? Instructions to follow shortly. Ann x

Kanga Shift Dress

We went travelling around Uganda and Tanzania earlier this year and I loved the bright fabric prints worn by the local women. It also reminded me of the 2010 ASOS Africa collection which the thrifty girl in me found a little overpriced. So I looked around fabric shops in search of the perfect kanga. Most visible places were touristy and did not have the choice I wanted. Then in Dar-Es-Salaam our taxi driver took me to a tiny shop in the back streets of the city where a lovely African mama sold hundreds upon hundreds of kanga. These are symmetrical fabrics approximately 2m long and were priced at about $3-4 a piece. I was in fabric heaven. This dress I'm modelling is my first dress sewing venture!! Instructions to follow shortly. Hakuna Matata!