FEBRUARY Flosstube # 48. MY CROSS STITCH WAS RUINED BY A LEAK! 

well done you, that must have been a bloody nightmare😪loved the wip parade x

Wow!! Sorry for the flooding. So glad you were able to get the majority of your projects cleaned up. You're stitching looks great as always and thanks for sharing!❤❤❤

Wow Holly, what a month for you! I'm so glad you were able to wash your projects and they turned out so well. xx

I have been using 2.5 gallon plastic zip lock bags that I buy from Dollar Tree. Keeps every project together and protected. Just an idea for you. I always wash my projects with Dawn liquid dish detergent, just a few drops in cold water. Give a soak for about 15 min. Rinse until water is clear- again cold water. Rolled in a bath towel and squeeze. Iron from the back.

I'm so sorry to hear about the leak! You did an amazing job of recovering your pieces from that. It's a banner week!! Two Holly videos to watch - love watching your episodes♥

How horrible! I'm glad you save your projects!

I think your dads right about the roof thingy. It might help in the summer too. If the sun isn’t beating down on the RV could help it not get so hot.

I am glad to know CXC hold up so well, though I am sorry I came to this knowledge through your travails. I would recommend a de-humidifier for your travel trailer. My parents use one while travelling with theirs. You'd be surprised how much moisture we add to the air with cooking, showering, etc. And Georgia is pretty humid too! They found theirs on Amazon, a simple plug-in one works best, easy to empty and not messy like the disposable hanging bag style/or canister (they have chemicals in them as well). Hope that helps. Highly recommend a shelter for your little home too. Houses take time to build! Love seeing your progress on your lovely projects.

Hey Hols!! Great job and I would have lose my ever lovin’ mind with the flood. Popping on to say you should get some flex seal and spray the areas that are leaking (on the outside) and all around the edges of the doors and windows. It works magic!! We used it on the leak at the top of our door and it was like we had a new door completely!!!

I would have been freaking about losing the gridding, too! & yeah, that lion is gorgeous! 🦁 In all your free time (ha!), would you be able to explain what it is that you love about Pattern Keeper? Like, the 3 things about it that you wouldn't want to live without?

Love my quacker flag too! Changed up the colours, but haven't started yet. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Oh no! That sounds like the stuff of stitchy nightmares! Hopefully you've had your share of stitchy misfortune and will have happy stitchy goodness the rest of the year. ❤

Holly, you are so right about the Union Flag! I started the project after I had seen you show the chart on your podcast, but before you talked about swapping the colours! I chose an opalescent fabric too! I have done around 55% of the pattern and you have to look at it in a certain way to see the grey stitches! I’ve come too far to turn back now! However, I am going to stitch the flag of Oman as a sister piece and will definitely be changing the grey in that one!!! Good luck with the riding arena x

So sorry to hear about the damage to your stitchings! Good you could sort out most of them to continue stitching! Interesting information on sand and rain and thus your arena! For sure you need to get your caravan under a roof to avoid more leaks! Waiting for your wipparade! Happy stitching!

Oh Holly! That is every stitchers nightmare! I am so sorry to hear this news but you seem to have rescued your projects thank heavens. Rubbermaid sells plastic storage containers in various sizes with snap lids that would keep everything dry for you. I am in Canada but I think you can find them in the US too. The idea of a tarp over the RV sounds like a great plan so you don’t have to worry about any leaks. Take good care and hope better days are ahead for you.

What a pure nightmare you’ve had!! Hoping all your projects can be fixed and the water spots come out.

So glad to see that you were able to save all of your projects, and hey even if you lost a few parked threads it was a better outcome than losing your stitches! Love your progress over feb and looking forward to the wip parade🎉

You had such a month. So much stitching and good call with watertight boxes for your project. Add some moisture absorbing bags to the boxes to avoid molding. Where do you buy your cxc threads?

Thank you Holly❤

Oh Holly i am so sorry about your leakage☹️. I thought it was bad enough when the rain leaked in my car, there was mold everywhere! I now have my ex looking for a car and i'm without one. As for the fabric you don't like, i would like to send you money for a new piece please. Have you watched Crafty Emily? She never worries about her fabric she just shoves it in the washer. Off to watch the rest of the video lol🤗🇬🇧

The colours i've chosen for the flag are336,321, 318 probably going to use 20ct or 25ct depending how much fabric i need plus i want to use just one thread. I may have to steal your idea od using 02 lol. Theres a lady who puts a magnet in the middle of the bobbi bobbins. Nail varnish for the edges. That's a great idea👍. Thing's usually happen for a reason and theres ALWAYS good that comes from the situation. Looking forward to seeing your PIP's (projects in progress, getting a bit fed up with us copying usa) rant over. Stay safe🤗🇬🇧

Love the flag, I’m doing the rainbow Quaker from vivsters I’m starting the 1st April I can’t wait it looks bloody gorgeous! 😍 that’s so awful about the leak and your ruined projects, the other day I finished my June Quaker I’d folded it up and put it aside then spilt a giant mug of coffee luckily it was that snow evenweave but it was classic colour works thread I could of cried, I decided to plunge it in very cold soapy water and luckily the coffee come out and the colours didn’t run but what a bloody nightmare! 😣

A leak. Oh, no. I am so sorry. Are you sure your projects are ruined? Show us how they turned out after you washed them. I would be heart broken. I asked my Mom, who's like a RV warrior, she says you can get this silvery stuff and it fills in any gaps in your RV roof. Consult an RV repair shop, it might help. She says it's something you gotta do every year. Well, aside from the leaks, your RV looks really nice. I love what I can see of it in the background. I'm brand new to your channel so I'm not up to speed. Sounds like you bought land and planning to build a house? How smart. I considered the opposite. Sell my house and cruise around the USA living where ever. No property taxes. No permanent address.... Maybe not? It's a thought.

😮😢well done on rectifying your projects holly❤. Your craft room sounds fantastic when it’s done❤ thank you for sharing your life. Love your videos they’re so helpful. Holly I also uses cxc but what do you use for colours 1 to 30 ?❤

Where do you purchase the fabric and threads from? I enjoy your videos.

Hi loved peonies chart just wondering if charted it yourself and l could get a copy of please

You must be just heartsick! I dont know what I would do! Did your thread colors run?