Author: Emma
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Darning Pants
During the pandemic in 2020, I crafted unique lace pants, lined for modesty and adorned with colourful ribbons and embroidery. Over time, they’ve worn out, especially between the thighs. Unable to part with them, I plan to repair them using my sewing machine’s darning stitch, which I’ve tested successfully on scrap fabric.
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Elongated Stitch Shirt
With the experimentation of the elongated stitch, I got thinking about turning it in to a cardigan. It would look good as striped going down my body. This would mean knitting a garment sideways. I have never done this before. So, this could be in interesting learning experience.
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Elongated Stitch
I have a desire to experiment with elongated stitches on my knitting machine. First, I looked up how to do this. Sadly, I couldn’t find info in the books I own so I went to Youtube. Some videos are there. The video that I found most helpful was by The Knitting Academy. Using a small…
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Pleated Dress
Looking at this doona cover I know it will make a great dress. Let’s make a dress. With this dress I want princess seams leading down to pleats. The inspiration came from Pinterest. 2/4/2026 Pattern Drafting Music is on and I’m playing KSHMR. Let start with the pattern drafting. I start with tracing my blocks…
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Repair Pillowcase
24/3/2026 I pulled my pillowcase out of the washing machine and hanged it on the line. There I saw that my pillowcase has a tear in it. Plus it’s on the pretty side. Only had this doona set for less than a year, I should not be having issues already. Oh well I will have…