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.Let’s celebrate with a Show Your Stuff Competition!

For the last installment of the Make It Perfect 5th Birthday Celebrations I’ve got an awesome competition!

For me, the sewing and designing of patterns is really fun but the MOST fun part is seeing what YOU create with the finished pattern! I love to see your fabric choices and individual style and hear what you think about my patterns, it is so very rewarding.

So…I’d love to see MORE of your CREATIONS and to entice you to get sewing, take photos and share them for the next two weeks I’ll be running a “SHOW YOUR STUFF! Competitionwith two lucky winners selected at the end.

Here’s how it works…

1. GET SEWING: Over the next two weeks, dust off your favourite Make It Perfect patterns and get sewing! This might be the perfect opportunity to find your sewing mojo or make some time to sew those garments you’ve been meaning to sew for ages.

2. TAKE SOME PHOTOS: Once you’ve finished your sewing, take some photos of your finished product. If you already have finished items in your possession, feel free to take photos of them also – they don’t have to be sewn in the two week period. ANYTHING you’ve ever sewn with a Make It Perfect pattern (from my regular range or my book NOT free patterns or tutorials from my blog) can be entered into the competition.

3. SHARE YOUR PHOTOS: In order for photos to be entered into the competition you must load them into the Show Your Stuff! Flickr Group found here. If you’re unfamiliar with Flickr and don’t want to bother joining, I’m happy to accept email submissions and load them into the group on your behalf. Just email them through to toni@makeitperfect.com.au before Saturday 20th April and I’ll include them. (Please limit your entries to a maximum of 2 photos per item).

4. ENTER AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE: You can enter as many different sewn items as you like, as long as they are sewn from a Make It Perfect pattern you can include them. Entries must be included in the Flickr Group by midnight Sunday 21st April (Tasmania Time.)

5. WIN COOL PRIZES: TWO lucky people will take home some very cool prizes. I’ll choose my top 10 favourites then open a poll for you to vote for your favourite from the top 10. The two people with the highest number of votes will win a copy of ALL Make It Perfect patterns released during 2013! To start with, I’ll send you a signed copy of my book, as well as the two patterns already released this year: Summer Carnival and Waterfall Blouse. Then, as new patterns are released during 2013, I’ll send you a free copy of them!

What do you reckon? Are you in?! I’m itching to see the Show Your Stuff Flickr Group fill up with your awesome creations and want to thank everyone who has purchased my patterns over the last 5 years – you guys rock!

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.BIG Giveaway Winner!.

Wow! Thanks for your entries and great comments on the BIG birthday celebration giveaway! I really do find it interesting to see what patterns you love and what you want more of.
The giveaway is now closed, and the lucky winner is IndigoElephant::Sash! Congratulations – I’ve sent you an email to get more details 🙂

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.Let’s celebrate with a BIG Giveaway!.

Wow! I’m blown away by your enthusiasm over my new PDF patterns! Thanks to everyone who has made an order so far, can’t wait to see what you create 🙂

The birthday celebrations are rolling on today with a BIG Giveaway! This giveaway is open to anyone and is my way of saying thanks a million for all of your support over the last 5 years.

I’ve put together this selection of patterns, my book, a few things made by myself and lovely crafty supplies and all you have to do to win is leave a comment on this blog post! Anyone who comments on my FB page under the link to this blog post will also be in the draw to win.

When you comment, I’d love to hear about your favourite Make It Perfect pattern OR feel free to give me ideas for any new patterns you are looking for!

Please only enter once and make sure you leave a way for me to get in contact with you if you are the winner or else I’ll have to disqualify your entry.

The giveaway will end and be drawn on Sunday evening (Tasmania time).

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.Lets celebrate with PDF patterns!.

 
To kick off the Make It Perfect 5th birthday celebrations, I’ve got some very exciting news to share with you!
I’m not kidding when I tell you that I get asked many times a week if I am going to be releasing my patterns in PDF format. There have been a lot of reasons that have prevented me from doing this in the past but as of right now, for a limited time only, a selection of your favourite Make It Perfect patterns are now available to purchase in Instant Download PDF format!
It took me forever to make the changes necessary to these patterns to get them ready for PDF download, so we are starting with the top 10 for now (feel free to email through requests for other patterns though). Each pattern is made up of A4 pages and includes full-size pattern templates (yep, even The Versatile Wrap skirt…no more drafting your own big pieces for that one!)
And here’s a look at the 10 patterns being offered in PDF format right now: 

 

 
When you purchase a pattern and pay for it via Paypal, you will instantly receive an email to your Paypal email address (be sure to check your junk mail if it doesn’t come in a few minutes) containing a link for you to click on to download a PDF version of the pattern straight to your computer. It’s as easy as that! 
(Please note that if you pay by eCheque – through Paypal – then you will not receive your pattern until your funds have cleared. For instant download, you need to have credit in your Paypal account or pay via credit card. If you’re happy to wait, that’s fine though!)
And that’s that! I hope you guys are as excited about this as I am! If you have any questions, let me know.
I’ll be back in later on in the week with more birthday celebration goodness!
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.Happy 5th Birthday Make It Perfect!

Did you know that Make It Perfect has recently turned 5 years old?
Things have certainly changed in 5 years. Gone are my quiet days at home with a baby and 2 year old, trying to establish a small business and fund my sewing hobby!  
I have learned so much and had the opportunity to get to know so many lovely people and am totally and utterly grateful for the support of everyone who purchases my patterns and reads my blog. 
This week is going to be celebration week! I’ll have a few special giveaways and promtions going on as well as some very exciting news to share with you that I know will make many of you very, very happy!
Stay tuned, exciting news will be shared tomorrow morning!