I’m kind of backwards with seasons. Seasonal Affective Disorder, which usually strikes people during cold, rainy, gray times, affects me during the summer. (It is hot and humid here and I’m allergic to mosquitos, so I tend to be outside during Texas summers for whole seconds at a time, and only when I can’t help it.) Spring means dread for me — it lasts about two minutes before the triple digits begin. So the energy burst that some folks experience at the start of spring? That happens to me at the start of fall. I get so excited about the prospect of going outside in the sunshine without sweltering…of cool nights…of even *considering* a longer sleeve.
Elphie’s first snow, February 2011
I completely embrace #sewdontclean. Totally, fully, and without reservation. But this time of year just does something to me. The spring cleaning that some people get up to… hits me six months later. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to cull my pattern file. (And alongside this, I’m finally completing my transition to MyStuff2, where my digital pattern catalog will live. This is bringing me more happiness than I can express. So much fun to look through! NAYY…I purchased the app and I’m simply a satisfied customer.)
So what’s my point? Well… an embarrassingly long time ago, I won a Plus-Sized Pattern Pyramid. And now I’m finally getting around to paying it forward. The guilt about my delay, coupled with my recent destashing efforts, are resulting in… multiple pattern giveaways. I hope you’ll agree, there’s some reeeally cute stuff in here — patterns that I had to think twice (or eight times) about before parting with. But I have to face facts. I would never in four lifetimes get around to making everything I’ve collected.
Here’s the deal… I’m going to pass along the Plus-Sized Pattern Pyramid, but I’m also doing others. Because. I’d rather give them to y’all than to a thrift store where they might just get thrown away or something. Here are the options:
To enter, just leave a comment below saying which one(s) you want. Hell, you can enter the drawing for all of them as far as I’m concerned! I’ll choose at least two winners in each category (six total). I reserve the right to pick EVEN MORE WINNERS, depending on how many more patterns I find to throw in… but each winner will receive at least 10 patterns to select from.
To recap the Pattern Pyramid concept, here are the deets, which I have only slightly modified from BeaJay’s original:
THE RULES
THE SMALL PRINT
Good luck! I can’t wait to see where the patterns head off to, and the stuff that you make from them!