Life Laundry and a Giveaway

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I’ll start by thanking everyone for their good wishes for Mr Jane Makes’ recovery.  He’s making great progress and the diet is working, a belt is now required on his shorts!  He’s supposed to have a daily walk but is also back on his mountain bike for a gentle ride down the road.  In my opinion the roller blades should wait a bit longer!

The life laundry project continues following my recent wardrobe cull and ironing fest.  During my sewing plan planning exercise (yet to be completed and implemented) I carefully reviewed my pattern collection.  It’s not extensive but there are a good number that have never been used or even opened.  I decided to be ruthless, particularly as I’ve just signed up to a subscription to Seamwork magazine so there will be more patterns coming along in the future!

I’m a big fan of Tilly’s Coco pattern and there are several Cocos in my wardrobe to prove it.  As a result I was tempted into buying another pattern for a top, the Orla.  I’ve seen some lovely examples of this made up, not least by Becky at Back to Blighty, and Becca over at Redwsews who even got personalised advice from Tilly on her hemline when we were at the Knitting & Stitching Show earlier this year.

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Sadly, I know I’m not going to make this top –  it’s just not quite my style.  Absolutely nothing against Tilly’s patterns and her book, Love at First Stitch, is single-handedly responsible for teaching me to insert an invisible zip without supervision.

The upshot of this is that I’m going to give this pattern away to someone who will make use of it.  It is pristine and unopened and I’ll throw in one of these zips, also bought from Tilly, which are exactly the right size for the exposed zip at the back of the Orla.

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Just leave a comment below (saying which colour zip you’d like) and a name will be pulled out of the hat on Monday 18 July.  Please feel free to bid on someone else’s behalf if you’ve already got the pattern yourself!

There may be more giveaways in the future as life is streamlined further to free up time and space for the important stuff!

31 thoughts on “Life Laundry and a Giveaway”

  3. I love your title. It reminds me of one of the early TV ‘decluttering’ programmes, and also one of the best ever, ‘The Life Laundry’ with Dawna Walter. I love this pattern as it reminds me of the fashions of the mid-1960s when I was a young teenager. These days I’d probably make it for my youngest daughter or my 15-year old granddaughter. I’d go for the turquoise zip. Thank you for the opportunity.

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  4. I don’t want to be entered into the giveaway (lovely plan though) but I am glad to hear that recovery is going well. I like the culling idea. I have been doing it with clothes but hadn’t thought to do it with patterns.

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  12. What a fantastic giveaway! I have been coveting this pattern and have totally fallen in love with Tilly’s designs. I’d love the teal/Turquoise zipper if I won 🙂 (I tried commenting earlier but don’t think it went through. I apologize if I have accidentally double commented!!)

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  13. Well done on the wardrobe clearance – I keep getting everything out, and then putting it all back again. Lovely giveaway, but don’t put my name in – I have a million patterns too! (have you tried the Agnes though – that’s a brilliant pattern and I’ve made half a dozen of those x

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  16. Great idea for decluttering! And gives someone else the opportunity to try the pattern and zip. I don’t use zips as features either, on any rtw garment I usually take them out and either replace them with an invisible one or just sew it up.
    Keep up the good diet, it’s better for everyone! You could feature the healthiest meals you’ve been having recently and give me some tasty salad ideas!!

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