Four years ago, Houston and most of Texas was caught in one of the worst droughts we’d ever seen. We prayed for rain, begged even. I swore that if it ever rained again, I wouldn’t complain because the lack of water was just staggering. I knew that once it started raining, it would be as if someone had turned on the spigot and forgot about it, and boy, was I right. Texas had so much rain in May that it would cover the entire island of Manhattan all the way to the top of the Empire State Building, four times over! Literally trillions of gallons of water has fallen on the Lone Star State since the first of May, and we have little hope it will stop any time soon. On June 2nd, Houston had already seen 80% of it’s normal rainfall for the entire month of June – that’s nearly eight inches of rain in less than 48 hours. I’m pretty sure that at this point, my feet are growing webs between the toes.
Sadly, all this rain has caused much chaos, loss of lives, and property damage. So, really, in the grand scheme of things, I have no right to complain or be upset, and there was that little thing I said during the drought. But just for the record, I was supposed to be at the Bellville Market Day today, peddling my soaps and other items; it was cancelled due to rain and flooding. I was very sad because I had really been looking forward to it, but I’ll be there in September (the next Market Day) with bells on, and hopefully no need for a life jacket.
During all this rain, though, I’ve been making progress on multiple fronts. My Star Wars quilt is coming right along – all the blocks are put together, and now it’s down to sewing the sashing between the blocks and making rows. I’m hoping to get a fair bit of that done today, because I’d really like to get this quilt finished up. Chris thinks I should try selling it once it’s done, but I haven’t decided about that yet. Maybe, but … I know he’d like to have it, too, so I’m on the fence about it.
Also, I’ve been prepping to make up a bunch of burp cloths to take to shows to sell. I did some looking around, and I found that a lot of people really like these, and they are fairly quick to make. I’m using flannel instead of cotton on mine, though, and I think they’ll turn out really well. I’ll post a photo when I have a few made up. Additionally, I’ve started doing some embroidery on towels to sell, and I may add other items to my line as I go. So, there are big things happening here.
But I would be remiss if I didn’t tell you a little about my soaps, since that’s where most of my efforts are these days. I know that a lot of you are sewists/quilters, and I know that for me, at least, one of my biggest issues is dry skin. I hate using lotions when I’m sewing because I don’t want it to get all over my fabrics. That’s what makes me so happy about my soaps – I don’t have to use a lot of lotion to feel like my hands are moisturized. One client recently told me that she’s seen a lot of improvement in the skin condition on her hands, all because of my soaps. She was experiencing cracked, bleeding skin and within days of starting to use my soaps, it stopped. Another client posted this on her Facebook timeline:
So when I give Aubrey baths I would usually use Johnson Johnson bath time soap and I started noticing she would gets bumps on her skin so I switched to aveeno and that didn’t do anything different. I started using Old Fashion Soap Co.& her skin has been amazing! It’s so soft and no bumps. Definitely my favorite soap for sensitive skin.
If you have dry skin issues, or if you just want your skin to be in better condition (and with the summer sun and heat, who couldn’t use a little help with that?), please take a look at my website, Old Fashion Soap Co., and place an order today. You’ll be so glad you did!
Under the Texan Sun 