Oh Hi! Welcome Back... Won't You Take Part in a Pattern Pyramid Giveaway?

So basically what it boils down to, friends, is that I'm a bad blogger who lets life get in the way. Between the Impending Move of Doom and an unexpected expected two week Hiatus from Life due to the birth of my niece Alanah Claire (ohmygodthecuteness!), I've failed.

And did I mention that my sewing machine's timing is off? (But being the savvy girl about the webnets that I am, I think I can fix that). 

But I'm back! With a giveaway.

Did you guys hear about Did You Make That's brilliant idea for a pattern pyramid giveaway? If not, here's the lowdown direct--aka The Rules--direct from her blog.

THE RULES

• Anyone, anywhere can enter the giveaway by posting a comment below by midnight GMT Thursday, October 18th.  BUT you must have an active blog. (Reasons to become obvious.)
• I will randomly select one winner.
• I will post a selection  patterns and/or Burda magazines to the winner, along with a generous number of hand woven labels to be sewn into anything made from one of these patterns.
• The 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…

There you have it. If you win, Karen asks the following:

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.

This is the pattern I chose. I'm moving to Miami, FL in two months (yikes!) where it's 86 on any given day recently and yet I chose a jacket. I really love the double rows of buttons and am desperately hoping that 70 feels cold some day:

And these are the ones up for grabs. I like the blouse all the way to the right--and almost kept it as I could totally imagine it done up in a gauzy, summery fabric with maybe a bit of lovely embroidery around the edges. 

So here's what you do: leave a comment below. PLEASE... include an email by which I may contact you if you win. I'll keep this contest open for the next  two weeks (that's November 18th). I'll announce the winner.

I hope that my absence hasn't chased you away, dear reader friends. Please stay tuned, I promise I've got stuff in the works!