HELP part 1 & part 2

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ok.
Number 1.
i am getting a sewing machine. *YEAH* but it old, *grins* its one of those old cast iron ones. prolly not the best sewing maching for a beginner but i dont care. i think they are the cutest and it will look so great in here.(meaning my apartment.) but... it does not have a manual. & there are things i need to know about it.
**ANYONE know where i could find such a thing?**

Number 2.
i am redoing my kitchen theme. *grins* i fell smitten for this 1950's print gingham *yellow* with cherries. now all i can think of are cherries. i want to use this fabric, along with red and yellow fabric to make silly curtains with lace and a table cloth and pot holders and dishtowels and things, but this certain fabric is very light. any ideas for those items mentioned with such fabric. i was thinking about putting a yellow fabric in the middle so i can have my cherry print on both sides of the curtains, because just placing the print, back to back, will look lame, since its so thin, you can see through it to the other side. *i know im not making any sense tonight*
ALSO i am going to take plain yellow and red dishtowels and paint with one of those sponge shapes cherries on them, red cherries on the yellow towel, and yellow cherries on the red towel. does this all seem too much?
prolly, well any ideas or suggestions.
PLEASE.
thanks.