My Current Cross Stitch Nightmare
Wednesday September 17, 2008
Usually my worst Cross Stitch nightmare involves a cup of coffee and my SO stumbling as he walks past my stitching chair. I could handle the burns, but if he spilled hot coffee on my current project, I would be a bit riled up! After hearing about the evacuations and damage associated with Hurricane Ike and reading about how Paula S. Morgan, About.com's Guide to Beadwork lost her beads (it had nothing in common with losing her marbles), I have a new stitching nightmare. What if I had to evacuate my house? I mean, it would be bad enough if the house burned, taking all my supplies away in the conflagration. Perish the thought, but I know of stitchers who've had this happen.
But, what if I had time to pack some stuff up - what would I take? Forget clothes, I can buy more of those. Since my supplies are not very organized right now, the fear of losing them as a result of a natural disaster / evacuation scenario has certainly compelled me to spend some quality time in my craft room getting things organized and put away in the proper bins instead of leaving them piled on the spare bed. A lot of my Cross Stitch stuff, and yes, I know it is just stuff, is priceless to me and has been collected over the past 30+ years of stitching. And, I have a lot of it - needles, patterns, fabric, floss... No amount of shopping on eBay would replace all my treasures! It certainly gives me food for thought.
Have you had a stitching disaster? How did you recover? Do you have an evacuation plan for your supplies? Tell us about it. Use the Comments button below or post in the About.com Cross Stitch Forum.Information on Organizing Supplies:
But, what if I had time to pack some stuff up - what would I take? Forget clothes, I can buy more of those. Since my supplies are not very organized right now, the fear of losing them as a result of a natural disaster / evacuation scenario has certainly compelled me to spend some quality time in my craft room getting things organized and put away in the proper bins instead of leaving them piled on the spare bed. A lot of my Cross Stitch stuff, and yes, I know it is just stuff, is priceless to me and has been collected over the past 30+ years of stitching. And, I have a lot of it - needles, patterns, fabric, floss... No amount of shopping on eBay would replace all my treasures! It certainly gives me food for thought.
Have you had a stitching disaster? How did you recover? Do you have an evacuation plan for your supplies? Tell us about it. Use the Comments button below or post in the About.com Cross Stitch Forum.Information on Organizing Supplies:
- Make Your Own Floss Storage System
- Cross Stitch Needle Organizer
- Craft Room Storage System from About.com Guide to Woodworking Chris Baylor (based on a idea from About.com Sewing Guide, Debbie Colgrove)
Comments
I did have to evacuate for Hurricane Katrina and all I brought with me was my current project at the time. I lost “everything.” Years of supplies, cross stitch magazine collections, irreplaceable charts, and favorite designer charts.
You’re right Connie, no amount of shopping on eBay could replace all my treasures.
Three weeks ago we had to evacuate for Hurricane Gustav and I had to make decisions on what to take and what to leave. My cross stich collection isn’t quite as precious as it was before but I still didn’t want to lose it again.
All my current cross stitch supplies were double bagged in contractor’s bags and stored in the attic with everything we couldn’t take with us but didn’t want to lose again (the junk in the attic was the only thing that survived Katrina).
I was born in New Orleans and lived in the metro area all my life. Evacuating for hurricanes was not part of this life until about 10 years. This maybe life but it’s not living.
My husband just retired and our plans were always to move to a more peaceful area. Now the criteria includes someplace where we don’t have to evacuate for every storm that comes our way.
I’m sorry to hear that you lost your supplies to Katrina. Sounds like your method for storing this time was a good way to protect them! I hope you can find just the right place to retire to….