Oh, the excitement! A reader recently contacted me. Catherine was having a clear out and did I want over 30 patterns to use on the blog? Did I?! I bit her hand off and waited eagerly for the parcel to arrive. I had no idea what it would contain – 30 patterns for dog jackets and doll dresses, or something more special?
It was something more special…
I have about 30 patterns here and four Burda magazines. Not all the patterns are vintage – some are more modern. I started thinking about how best to spread the pattern love and came up with the Pattern Pyramid. You know those horrible pyramid selling schemes from the Eighties? Well, this is the reverse – a pyramid construction for spreading pattern love around the world!
THE RULES
- Anyone, anywhere can enter the giveaway by posting a comment below by midnight GMT Friday 29 June BUT you must have an active blog. (Reasons to become obvious.)
- I will randomly select six winners.
- I will post a selection of approximately 5-6 patterns and/or Burda magazines to each winner, along with a generous number of hand woven labels to be sewn into anything made from one of these patterns.
- Each winner will pick one pattern to keep for themselves, then host their own giveaway. They will randomly select a winner, post the remaining patterns to that Person C. Person C will pick a pattern for themselves, host their own giveaway and post the remaining patterns to the winner, Person D. Person D will…
You get the idea! I’m really keen to see how far and wide we can spread the pattern love and I’m intrigued to see who ends up with what.
THE SMALL PRINT
- No way am I going through 30 patterns, ensuring that every pattern piece is there. This is pot luck!
- Please don’t email me for specifics on the 30+ patterns. Take your chance!
- Your selection of patterns will be picked at random, though I do promise to attempt a good variety of makes. Please don’t contact me asking for specific patterns.
- I will keep a couple of patterns for myself, because I deserve it.
- If you’re a winner, I would love it if you could make a small contribution to The Brooke. This is a charity close to the heart of Catherine, who so generously provided these patterns.
Obviously, I’m operating on a huge level of trust – but I totally trust my readers. All I ask of participants is to engage in a timely fashion, launching their own giveaways soon after receiving a parcel. I also ask that you be happy to post patterns worldwide – we really want to spread the love! Once I send the patterns out, I’m not going to attempt to moderate further giveaways, but I’m curious to see how long this takes until the final patterns find loving homes. So please contact me with details of your win and where you live – I suspect another world map is essential! (Remember the World Map of Snoods?)
Finally, if you’re taking part or just want to spread the love, please feel free to add the below button to your blog’s sidebar. Let the fun commence!
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What an amazing idea! Please do count me in. I’m having a mare trying to decide what to sew (or finish!) next and this would be a great decision maker for me! 😉
This is an amazing idea! Count me in too please 🙂
What an amazing idea and beautiful way to distribute patterns. Standing ovation to yourself and Catherine.
I love this idea and the labels make it even more perfect!
Please count me in too!! Great idea 🙂
What a fantastic idea! count me in! 🙂
What an absolutely genius idea Karen and how generous of both you and Catherine! I would love to play and the small print / rules sound just dandy to me!
What a great idea. and the labels are the piece de resistance! What a lovely way to spread the sewing love. count me in please. 🙂
well i must take my hat off to you, what a brilliant idea, please include me when drawing names 🙂
oooh also, may i suggest that the world map has lines like an airline map tracing routes of patterns?!!
Ooh! My design skills are extremely limited, but I’ll see what I can do!
This is a fab idea! Count me in.
Ooo, what fun!! Please, count me in.
Oh I would love to take part!! please count me in too! This is a great idea and I love the spreading the love idea!
Oh and I am happy to give to the charity too of course! Looks like a great foundation!
This sounds like a really fabulous idea – please count me in!
Ooh, what a great idea! Count me in! The world map thingy would be awesome!
This is awesome. I’m in!
What a great idea! Love it, Count me in too!
Oh yes please! What fun!
But please explain – do we add a pattern before sending it on, to make for the “lost” one? Otherwise, some poor person will get no choice further down the line?
No, you don’t add anything. The giveaway has to end somewhere and someone will receive a single pattern. That’s okay, though! If they don’t like it they can … give it away!
I meant “make up for” the lost one!
Oh, I would absolutely do this. Please count me in. Thanks!
Oh wow what I great idea. Please count me in!
What a fantastic way to spread the love – and I’m SO impressed you even made labels! Count me in!
Fab idea! Please count me in!
Such a lovely idea, I’m all for it! Please do sign me up 🙂
Ooh yeah, count me in please! What a fun idea. That box of patterns you got looks like a great package to receive! 🙂
I love your idea!! It’s so original!!
Thank you!
D.
Fun times in blogland. I’m game. Thanks!
Oh snap! How awesome! I’ve been wanting to host a giveaway. This would be the prefect time!!
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This sounds like so much fun! Count me in!
That’s such a great idea, I’d love to take part!
That’s a rad way to spread the joy. I would be happy to participate. Viva le sharing!
Let’s spread that pattern love! I’m in. What a good idea 🙂
OOOH ME! What a fun idea!! 🙂
What a genius idea. Count me in please.
What a fabulous idea, where do you get them all from? Anybody would think you were a writer! Please count me in, I’d love to be involved. x
This is so cool. It’s like six degrees of separation for sewing blogs. Put my name in the hat, please!
Hey, yeah, it is, isn’t it?!
Great idea. count me in too. And if you need help with the pattern map when they get sent around…let me know.
This is such an awesome idea!!! Would love to be a winner!
Wow, what a fabulous idea! I’d love to take part in it 🙂
What a lovely way to try to ensure all the patterns get a good home. My fingers are crossed!
That is such a cute and fun scheme! You have such cool ideas!
Thanks for your comment on my blog too 🙂
What an AWESOME idea, Karen!! Count me in – I’d LOOOOVE to participate!! 😀
Yeah! This sounds like loads of fun!
Oh how fun! I would love to play along. g
Sounds very fun, particularly to get random patterns, I am in.
What a great Idea – Please count me in. I love to get new patterns and I love the idea of sharing patterns around blogland.
I’m in! Love this!
What a fantastic idea! I’m in!
Such a grand idea!!! I’d love to win and just spreaded the word with a blogpost, too. (Just to prove my blog is working, hehe.)
what a treasure trove of goodness! please count me in 🙂
A totally wonderful and original idea, I would love to be picked!!
Clever idea- I’m in! I normally hate pyramid schemes but this one is OK! Wonder how long it will take to get to the end point?
Awesome idea! Plus, now I know that everyone commenting has a blog I should check out. Count me in too.
I would actually like to start talking more about my sewing on my blog, so this would be an awesome kick start to that! Count me in 🙂
I’d love to take part in this, Karen – what a sweet idea, please count me in!
Such a great concept, I’d love to be involved – sign me up!!
This sounds great. I’m in. Thanks so much.
Oh I love your idea. I am definitely joining in! Love it!
As soon as I have access at my pc I am adding the the button to my blog a well. Superb.
What a fantastic idea! I have to enter this one!
Excellent Idea, I would love to play along!
Great idea, please include me in the draw.
Love this idea! Thanks for thinking of this. 🙂 Count me in!
What a load of fun! I’m in.
What a clever idea. I would like to be included in the draw
First time entering a give-away, but this really sounds great!
And for some reason wordpress doesn’t link to my blog. http://litevarje.wordpress.com
Just realised I have the same problem Karin (why wordpress please) Mine is patternpandemonium.wordpress.com
I’m in! Sounds like a great idea – let the fun commence!!
This is a fantastic idea! I’m in!
I’m in – although my blog is just tiny, so hope that still counts. But I would love the challenge and fun of having a decision made (or pretty much) for me, as am hopeless when faced with the vast choice of things to make, which is why I get a bit stuck in a same pattern rut.
This is very clever and awfully nice of you. And how lucky we all are to have Catherine! This stash looks a treasure trove. I think the pot luck element could be quite funny!
Oooh! Sounds like fun! I’m in!
What an awesome idea! I’m in.
What a fabulous idea! I’d love to be part of the Pattern Pyramid too!
Fun idea! Fingers crossed I am at the top of the pyramid 🙂
Yep count me in, I wouldn’t miss this fun swopportunity for anything! 🙂
This makes pyramids seem far more desirable altogether. Please add my name to the list.
What a great idea. This sounds like such fun and I would love to be part of it. Count me in!!
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How great! Count me in 🙂 I’ll post up on my blog about it soon.
The link to my blog post: http://enchantedbybooks.wordpress.com/2012/06/28/1158/ 🙂
Hey I was thinking of doing something like a pattern swap on my blog (very limited readership, however) to get rid of those patterns you love but know you will never use. I’d like to be in draw – great idea.
Just to add, I will also donate to the charity. When at Petra in Jordan years ago, I gave my lunch to the donkeys, much to the surprise of the poor (wealth wise) children as they (the donkeys – maybe the children too?)were so mistreated I couldn’t bear to see them. The ropes holding saddles on them had cut into their flesh and bleeding. I still think of it and so am glad to hear of a charity that helps these animals. Thanks.
This is genius Karen – so fun! Please count me in!
How brilliant – I’m in! It’s like those chain letters from when you’re a kid, but with prizes – way more fun!
What a great idea! Count me in 🙂 This could be interesting for a world map of sewing
Please put my name in the hat! It’s a fantastic idea!
Too much fun. Please count me in the draw.
What fun! Please count me in.
Please include me too! (:
I love this idea! Please count me in!
Brilliant idea! Love it! 🙂
I so badly want to take part in this!! Yay! How fun would it be 🙂
what a brilliant idea- I would love to be part of it….
How fun! And I guess everyone agrees cos there’s about 95 comments before me!
Count me in! Yay, it would be my first give away!!
What a fantastic idea, please count me in…sounds like tons of fun and can’t wait to read about the makes following this idea.
Fantastic! What a generous idea. Count me in please.
I’d also love to join in! I love the idea of pot luck beacuase it often means that you end up with something that you might not have otherwise chosen and you really need to put your thinking cap on to figure out how to make it work for yourself 🙂
totally adore this idea. Would love to be part of the love, I’m i Christchurch NZ
He, he, this would take me back! At least with this one I don’t have to choose people’s names… I might stand more chance to actually passing this on and getting somewhere. If you’re design skills are up to it, I agree, it would be great to have lines going from one place to t’other! Count me in!
This is a fabulous idea! I can hardly wait to learn of all the places this contest touches!
Love this idea and would love to participate.
Yay! What a grand idea, Karen! I’d love to play along, please count me in x
Im totally up for hosting a pyramid giveaway! This is an awesome idea!!
A brilliant idea! Add my name to the list!
ooh, me please! I am always intrigued by other people using vintage patterns, so if I won one then I’d be forced to try it out for myself.
What a really lovely idea! Please count me in, love it!
I was too late to join in the Pyjama Party so I would love to be included in this please!
Wow, what a brilliant idea! So funny that such a Good Thing can come from what has was such a bad scheme! Please count me in!
Holy moly, this idea of yours is quite popular. Count me in, too.
This is a great idea, i’d love to enter please!
I’d like a chance of participating, too! How exciting!
fabuloso! So, no dog jacket patterns? There do seem to be more sewing cats than dogs if the blog photos are anything to go by. Count me in!
What a fantastic idea! So nice of you to share the pattern love!
What a neat idea! Wish I could participate, but I have no blog. Oh well. I’ll enjoy from the sidelines;-)
What a fantastic and enthusiastic response to your brilliant idea! Please count me in too!
Oooh, that’s an amazing idea! I’d love to take part!
Wahey, yes please! Karen, you’re the queen of details – the labels are an inspired touch.
This is such a brilliant idea, I would love to take part…
Such a good idea in so many ways!
What a lovely idea, I’d love to take part.
Yay! This sounds like fun. 🙂
SUCH a cool idea. I can’t wait to see how far these go, and hopefully see some of them sewn up!
Such a great idea! Love it. I am in! Already curious to see how the pattern love is spreading and what great projects will be sewn.
oh my! how exciting!! I want in 🙂
Amazing idea! Even if I don’t win I’ll be so excited to see all of the results!
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Sharing the love! Such a sweet idea:)
I would love to be considered 🙂 I blog every day and I have had a serious sewing bug lately! Thanks for the giveaway!
A million times yes!
Please
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Please count me in for this too. Let’s get the world map to extend to Australia!!
Fantastic idea – I’d love to take part. Fascinated to see what happens!
Please count me in too! It’s such a great (and generous) idea.
Honestly, I’m a little worried that I don’t have the follower count to join in.. but I’d like to, regardless!!
I’m sure I can round up some others from here if i do get stuck ;D
Such an imaginative idea – love it! Please count me in too!
Now this is a pyramid scheme that I can embrace! Fantastic idea, Karen. Count me in and fingers crossed that it will help me offer my own first giveaway!
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Fabby idea! and I am in LOVE with the Economy Design 40’s blouse!!!!
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Please add my name to the perfect pyramid pattern prize perciever (otherwise know as ‘the hat’ 🙂
Vikki
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I put your button on my blog! My first ever one!
What a lovly patterns – I am in! Now I will try to place the button …
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I just received one of the pattern pyramids! And am opening it up for people to put their name down for what I’ll send on. I just want to say it is such a wonderful idea, and I’m enjoying it so very very much!
Thankyou!
(Oh and I made a small donation to the Brooke to show my appreciation 🙂
Imogheena from Tropical Threads
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I just launched my pyramid – we are down to four over here in Oz, though we keep adding a few along the way 🙂 It’s here if you want to see what’s left! http://deadlycraft.blogspot.com.au/2013/01/pattern-pyramid-giveaway.html
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I’d love to enter, thanks for an amazing opportunity!
HELLO!!!!! PATTERNS I LOVE!!!! PLEASE PICK ME ^!^ !!!!!!
also please check out my site…i really love fashion illustrating!!!!
AND!! I have so many overseas friends who I will send to!!!
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Pick me! Happy to post anywhere, plus I will add some patterns to the collection
Today, I was the recipient of a pattern pyramid. I am in Houston and the package is coming from London! Not sure if this is part of your pyramid but love the idea!
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Hosting the Next Pattern Pyramid Giveaway in Wakefield, UK. http://www.killtocraft.wordpress.co.uk
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