Pattern giveaway

OOOOOOHHHHH I would have to pick Butterick B5214! SO cute!
As for a book to read....I have to say, I joined the masses and am reading "Fifty Shades of Gray". Oh. My. Land. I cannot read it during lunch at work anymore :) That's some racy stuff!
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I highly recommend a book called "The Book Thief," by Marcus Zusak. It is hands down my favourite book ever, and it's the book I've bought so many copies of so I can share my love. It will haunt you years after reading it. =)

Thanks for the giveaway, and for the opportunity to spread some book-love ;) I would love a chance to get my hands on B5214, but all of the patterns are gorgeous!
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Well, I have these patterns already, so if I'm chosen, recalculate. BUT, I love to hand out and receive book recommendations. So, recently read, a beautiful story:

The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern

I would love Butterick 5214!

I grew up in Paso Robles and lived in SLO when I graduated high school. I subscribed to your blog before I knew you lived in Grover and everytime you posted a picture, I would tell my husband, "Doesn't that remind you of the Central Coast??" (we met at an answering service in SLO.

It wasn't until you mentioned the Farmer's Market when I finally realized that it WAS the Central Coast :P

Ooh, I like 5214! And most recent read that I love has to be A Drowned Maiden's Hair. Its protagonist is a little girl, but this is definitely a grown up read.

I have been looking for a pattern with elements like Butterick B5152!! I need it! All those patterns are amazing tho, thanks for the awesome giveaway.

I love 40's fashion.

I suggest "This Side of Paradise," by F Scott Fitzgerald, if you're into his style of writing.
If you are in the mood for a good romantic/historical series, I'd suggest the Mark of the Lion series by Francine Rivers.

Wow! They're all amazing patterns! I think Butterick B5214 (the last one listed) is my favorite.

I'm currently reading the "Game of Thrones" book series. Have you heard of the show? It's definitely a Mediaeval fantasy genre, but very timeless as far as the conflicts. Kinda like Lord of the Rings in that sense. I'm not sure if you're into those kinds of books, but it's an amazing series (and TV show!) and is extremely well written. Highly recommended to any fellow nerds out there ;)

I am all about 5281! If you haven't read The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, you really should, sooo good!

The freaking robe, Butterick B5152, is unbelievable!!
I highly recommend "The Wedding Gift" by Marlen Suyapa Bodden, it's a great book, especially if you liked "The Help."

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Butterick B5281 is my favourite of those 3.
I'm currently reading the Harry Potter series again, then I'll read Anne McCaffrey who does the most wonderful science fantasy.

I can really imagine myself swanning around the house in B5152. Maybe yelling at people in my best dramatic soap opera voice...

Have you read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern yet? A really magical, romantic story - couldn't put it down. xx

I love the shoulders on Butterick B5281.

Have you read "The Kite Runner"? It's one of those books that stays with you. I read it years ago and I still think about it at random time. A great read!

What a brilliant giveaway! I would love to win the B5214 pattern, but the B5152 is catching my eye too! A little known fact about me is that my favourite food in all the world is pie, I think I started baking just so that I could learn to make pies :) And if you want to read an utterly incredible book then try "The Crimson Petal and the White", it's stunning and one of my favourite books of all time :)

The last pattern is to die for, I have had my eye on it for rather a long time. I agree with the kite runner, at the moment I am reading A Fine Balance by Rohinton someone so far very engaging and one to lose yourself in.

What a fabulous idea! Okay- my suggestion in "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson. It's getting on now (some of the info will be a little out of date) but I adore this book and my husband and I spent a few months reading aloud to each other so we could discuss things mentioned. Sounds lame but was super fun! I'm all about pattern Butterick B5152 :)

Oh man, 5281 is awesome. As for book recs: I have a "good" book, a trashy book, and a sewing book partly done at the moment so I'll toss you all three.
-The Recognitions, by William Gaddis, is a giant tome of postwar modernist fiction about (so far) a New England minister's son named Wyatt, his ventures in the world of Greenwich Village, and the agonies of art, truth, and human interaction; however cliche that premise may seem, it is beautifully written (honestly, I keep finding the perfect sentence about once every three pages, finding the next one, and then having to re-evaluate).
-The Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series are romance novels about a woman who falls through a stone circle (like Stonehenge, only...not) in Scotland immediately after World War II and ends up in the Jacobite-Rising era, where a grand, all-consuming love bursts into flame with a tall, ruddy Highland laird. The one I'm reading right now, Drums of Autumn, is the fifth (there are seven so far, I believe) and they are still captivating and awesome.
-I have been poring through Adele P. Margolis' Make Your Own Dress Patterns lately and it's great--informative, clear, encouraging in tone.

What a great give away. B5214 looks awesome. If you haven't already done so read A Child Called It (and its sequels) by Dave Pelzer. xx

Oh pretty please enter me for Butterick B5214 - that halter dress is SOOOOOO meeeeee!!!!

Book recommendations:

For stitching: How to Make Clothes that Fit and Flatter, by Adele P. Margolis

For recreation: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

For the heck of it: the Hunger Games trilogy... yeah I know I know... but it's actually really quite good: both me and the man have read and enjoyed it :)

I think you have my email but just incase: iamsymon@hotmail.com Cheers!! :)

I'm going with 5281! It looks like a challenge and I'm up for a challenge!

I recommend- "Before I Go To Sleep" by S.J.Watson. "Memories define us. What if lost yours every time you went to sleep." This novel is difficult to put down,once you start it.I loved this book. Then I gave it to my sister-she agreed! Oh,I love the Butterick pattern-B5152.

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That's so sweet of you.. My fav is B5152. I'm also a book worm and game of thrones it's a great series. I also recommend Artur Doyle Sherlock holmes.. It's free on iibooks . About me,I would love to visit Japan because their sense of respect for their elder and their futurism technology.

Ooh, I like Butterick B5214!
Ummm... the last book I read that I enjoyed was "Memoirs of a Geisha," although I thought it was based on a true story and was disappointed to find out it was fictional!

Thanks, giveaways are so fun! I'm feeling the B5214 the last book I really enjoyed reading was "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer. It's a first hand account of a Mt. Everest climbing disaster in 1996. It's exciting, heartbreaking, and moving.

I would love to win B5214 -- love the retro look.
I would recommend you read A Discovery of Witches --- I'm not sure how to describe it--- but it's extremely well written and an enjoyable story.
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I love me some Joan Crawford, so I'd choose B5125 :)

How about a book recommendation AND a little known fact?

Little known fact: I can touch my tongue to not only the TIP but the BRIDGE of my nose.

Book recommendation: I really, really loved E.L. Doctorow's Ragtime. It's set during very early 20th Century and includes a host of historical characters. It's a very sly examination of American society of the time including a look at gender inequity, burgeoning labor laws, and immigration/immigrants. It's a bit dense at the beginning, but stick with it as it's incredibly well written.

Oh, I'd love Butterick B5124. I agree with Fourth Month before on The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon, it's one of my favourites. I also love anything at all by Barbara Pym - she wrote about middle English, church-going gentlewomen, and her books are so sweet and wry and finely drawn. A good place to start is No Fond Return of Love x

B5214 - everything else would swamp my midget frame!
I've just returned to sewing after many many years break (many patchwork quilts etc in the meantime) and I think I'm possessed!

B5152 looks cool - I can see myself swanning around in that one! As for books, I love anything by Karen Maitland (Medieval novels with a vague dark supernatural feel). Just finished The Gallows Curse - very strange!
I recommend anything by Michael Chabon - I love Kavalier and Clay and Wonder Boys.
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If I were to win B5281, I would love it, and hug it, and squeeze it and name it George, after I made it out of a black and white silk suiting in my stash.

For book recommendations, I suggest Cane River by Lalita Tademy. I read it last year and I loved it so much, I read it again this year. I like books on topics that are often overlooked.

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They are so stylish, and I'm scouring the interwebs searching for work-appropriate dresses today, so B5281 or 5214 would be lovely.

Have you read 'The Hare with the Amber Eyes'? It's very very interesting, and well-written family biography / cultural history... Or for fiction, I'm currently eagerly awaiting the next Kristin Cashore - 'Graceling' and 'Fire' are great.

Oh I love 40's style! I'd love any of them - but forced to choose I think I'd go with 5152, the robe. Good to wear while reading The Historian (preferably with tea on a rainy day).