I've done a few little mending and improvement jobs on wardrobe pieces in the last couple of weeks.
I made a pair of linen shorts from a Burda pattern a couple of summers ago, and the twin needle top stitching I'd done on the patch pockets was starting to come loose on one pocket, so I hand stitched that back in place.
I made a top from Silhouette Patterns 195 T shirt top in a bright circles print last year, and the neckline was popping a few stitches. Instead of just resewing it, I unpicked and trimmed the seam allowance back, and refinished the neckline with dark fold over elastic that picks out the darkest color in the print. The top looks much nicer now, with a bit of contrast to balance the bold print.
I had made a pair of flannel sleep shorts a while ago that I did a threaded through elastic casing for the waistband, but the elastic would always twist out of shape. I unpicked the channel, resewed the elastic directly to the top inside edge of the shorts with the overcast stitch on my sewing machine, then folded the elastic to the inside and topstitched with a honeycomb stitch. That made them much more comfortable. The top of the shorts had originally been serged anyway, so there was no chance of loose threads.
I also finally finished making another Silhouettes pattern that I was half way through last year before we moved house, which is Silhouettes 4014, Shelly's dress, which I made in a dusty rose pink viscose knit from Elliot Berman fabrics. Last year, I had assembled the bodice and most of the skirt and just had to finish putting it together and hemming. I wore it this week to work with a black cotton cardigan.