Annika gets her sewing machine

Annika got a small sewing kit for Christmas. Just a needle, several colors of thread, and some pieces of pre-cut fabric and instructions for how to make little pouches. Annika loved the kit and everyone in the family received several pouches.

From then she has been playing with waste fabric we received from a local lady's tailor and it's been non-stop ever since. And so have the requests for a sewing machine...

I received a mass e-mail from a charity, selling a few sewing machines, that rescues women and girls from traffickers. This charity teaches the women to sew so they can support themselves so they don't find themselves in the position they were in. The charity was given several sewing machines only they couldn't use them because they are domestic machines and the charity needs industrial ones. So they sold the donated machines to buy the ones they needed.

Annika doesn't know that part of the story, she just knows she's REALLY EXCITED!!

Yes, I'm working on getting a proper table.


Bedtime was hard tonight, she wanted to keep working, but she'll have plenty of time to learn her new skill.