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Pillowcases by Patsi: Updates 8/11/2018

I've been sewing up a storm this week and have stitched up several pillowcases … most of which are already sold.

Pillowcases by Patsi's one day $8 pillowcase sale for the month of August is Tuesday, August 14th.  Remember that it is exclusively for members of the Pillowcases by Patsi Facebook group.  You can join that group by clicking on the link below.

Here's the link to the Pillowcases by Patsi Facebook group!

Here's the link to the Pillowcases by Patsi Etsy shop!

Here's the link for Pillowcases by Patsi on Instagram, where you can see a collection of pictures of my work.

Here's what's I've stitched up this week …

Adding to My Pantry: Dehydrated Items

Yesterday was a really full and busy day so today I took things a bit easy.  I did however, do some vacuum sealing and adding some already dehydrated items to my pantry …

Book Review: Over The River and Through The Woods

This afternoon I was feeling in need of some rest so I grabbed a book off my book shelf and headed to a quiet place to read and rest.  This fictional book was a short read, just 74 pages, but what a read it was.  The book is titled “Over the River and Through the Woods,” by Susan Gregersen, The Story of One Family’s Survival of Economic Collapse.

A brief summary is that a husband and wife both lose their jobs in the same day followed shortly by the husband's unemployment checks being suspended.  The book goes through the hard choices the family had to make with them winding up at a farm that the husband’s parents owned.

When they arrived at the farm, even though the husbands parents were temporaril

Pillowcases by Patsi: This Week's New Additions!

I've been able to add several new pillowcases to my Etsy shop this week … including Christmas pillowcases for the 2018 holiday season!  The Christmas pillowcases are not staying around long … just saying!

One more thing, as a reminder, before I show you what I've added this week, once a month, Pillowcases by Patsi has a one day $8 pillowcase sale exclusively for members of the Pillowcases by Patsi Facebook group.

Here's the link to the Pillowcases by Patsi Facebook group!

Here's the link to the Pillowcases by Patsi Etsy shop!

Here's the link for Pillowcases by Patsi on Instagram, where you can see a collection of pictures of my work.

Here's the link for Pillowcases by Patsi on Twitter!

Here's what's new this week …

(All of these can currently be found in my Pillowcases by Patsi Etsy shop!)

August 2018 Goals/To-Do List

(This rainbow was literally just out my front door!  I have never seen a rainbow so close before, it was an amazing thing to behold!)

Hmmm, looks like I lost two months, June and July to extreme busyness, so we’re going to pick up with setting August goals!

The Ways of My Household/Vicky Challenge: 7/29/2018

It’s been a week of heat, humidity, rain and lots and lots of food preservation!

Making A Strawberry Barrel: Part 4 (Final part)

Part 1 can be found HERE.

Part 2 can be found HERE.

Part 3 can be found HERE.

Let's finish this project up, shall we?