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I was well enough today to hem my Ikea curtains for the new room they’re in:

Of course, the sewing machine had to act up. I couldn’t go more than 5cm without the thread breaking (and I played with the tension settings a lot to try and fix it…) So doozer suggested hand-powering, via the belt, a waist mounted pulley, and his hands:

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While I wait for the thing-a-day muse to inspire me I’ll simply put a hem in my slacks. Who knows, maybe tomorrow I’ll design a dress or write a poem. At the end of the day there’ll be, you know, one less thing.