Mane and Tail Pattern Collection and Donations

Hi folks!

This is the post where I explain how the Mane and Tail Pattern Collection is going to work and how I'm going to accept pattern donations for it. 

I want to put out a collection of Mane and Tail Patterns. This is one of the things that people ask for repeatedly, but I don't have the time to design all the styles people want. I will put in the sweat and tears to vector, resize, test, and write instructions for Mane and Tail patterns that people donate to me. I will sell them as a package on Etsy and give all of the profits from that pattern package to Doctors without Borders ( www.doctorswithoutborders.org/ ). 

What I need from you is donations of your Mane and Tail patterns with your permission to use them for this package. I promise I won't use them for anything else and that I'll let people know how much profit gets donated to charity at least twice a year. I will also send a free copy of the finished Mane and Tail pattern package to anyone who donates a mane or tail pattern. 

If you want to take part:

- email a scan of your mane and tail patterns to me at valleyviolet at gmail dot com with the subject "Mane and Tail Pattern Donation"
- let me know what name you'd like to be credited as in the pattern
- if possible tell me roughly how the pattern is constructed (I'll write step-by-step clear instructions for the package, I just need to be able to figure out how to use the pattern )
- if possible tell me what size the finished pieces are (do they fit my patterns or will I need to resize them? I'll be happy to resize stuff, I just need to know ) 
- if possible include a picture of the finished mane and tail or a link to a picture

I'm going to be accepting submissions from now until April 1st. At that point I'll see how I'm doing with testing the patterns and announce the release date for the package of Mane and Tail patterns.

If you want to take part but don't have any patterns to donate, take a look at Voodoo-Tiki's mane and tail tutorial and try your hand at pattern making!