When keeping the family in touch is always your job.
A family newsletter that writes itself.
Patchwork asks everyone five questions a month and turns their answers into a monthly newsletter, ready to print. You hear from everyone, and nobody is stuck writing it.
Five questions a month. One link by email, no app, no password. A week to answer. (If Grandpa can open email, he's in.)
Set it up for your family, or give it to the person who'll run it. Gifts come with a printable certificate.
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November · Question 3 of 5
What did you try to fix or put together yourself last month that did not go to plan, and what did it look like when you gave up?
I tried to re-cane the seat of my mother's old rocking chair.
Everyone answers five questions
The first questions arrive by email the day you set it up, or on the next 1st if that's the 21st or later. After that, on the 1st of every month. One link, no app, no password.
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PatchworkNovember
“It is a very nice chair to look at.”
June Abernathy
The issue arrives
A week later, their answers are stitched together into one issue, quoting them at length, so you hear the voice that matters most: theirs. Every issue is reviewed for quality before it's sent.
Still deciding?
Read a whole issue before you buy.
See exactly what lands in your family's inbox: a full sample issue, every page, made from a made-up family's answers. The Hollises aren't real, but you probably have a Walt.
$79 a year for the whole family, however many of you join. It renews once a year, and you can stop the renewal any time.
When do the questions arrive?
The first five go out the day the family is set up, or on a start date you pick. Set it up on the 21st or later and they wait for the 1st. After that, new questions arrive on the 1st of every month, and everyone has a week to answer.
Does everyone need an app or a password?
No. Questions arrive by email with one link. Tap it, answer, done.
Can one person answer for a whole household?
Yes. When someone joins, they choose to answer as themselves or for their whole house.
How does an issue come together?
Everyone's answers are stitched into one issue, quoting them at length, so you hear each person in their own words. Every issue is reviewed for quality before it's sent.
How does it work as a gift?
You pay for the year and get a printable gift certificate right away. Set up the family for them and hand it over, or let them set it up themselves when they're ready, and we can email it to them on a day you pick.
What if it isn't right for us?
Full refund within 30 days. Write to patchworks@mypatchwork.life. No hard feelings, and we won't tell Grandma.
What if Uncle Ron never answers?
He gets friendly email reminders that week, as often as he asked for them. If he still doesn't answer, the issue goes out with everyone who did, and Uncle Ron reads all about what he missed.