Loose Threads

Thank you to everyone who reached out following my last post about the fire at my apartment. I’m still displaced and dealing with insurance while also preparing for what will now be a very different cross-country move than I’d planned. Again, I may be a bit slow replying to messages, but will get back to you as soon as possible. All my files were backed up in cloud storage, so nothing essential to LooseThreadStitchery was lost.

My hand is healing, and I’ve been able to make use of the little squares of Aida I always keep in my purse. As these are the only stitching supplies I have left, I’m getting an especially early start on this year’s ornament sets.

This is a difficult post. I’ve had a fire at my apartment. A battery exploded in my hand as I was taking it off the charger.

The most important thing is that all people and animals who live in the building are safe. A burn on my hand is the worst of it. I’m grateful for that. I had renter’s insurance and am in touch with the Canadian Red Cross, so there’s nothing I need right now, and I’m grateful for that too.

I don’t know what condition my apartment is in or what I’ll be able to salvage, and that includes my computer with all my files. I have my phone and can access some things from here. If you have questions about a pattern you’ve purchased and are working on, I may be slow to answer messages for the next little while, but I’ll get back to you as soon as I can. I appreciate your patience as I get back on my feet.

A quick rainbow before I disappear back under a pile of boxes. I'm packing for a cross-country move at the moment, and stitching and designing have both fallen by the wayside a bit.

Those of you putting crocuses on my dash, I'm happy for you, but there are still two feet of snow out my window, so my flowers for now are made of thread. Blackwork embroidery on 14-count Aida.

I've had versions of this saved in my drafts folder under "Geometric Wreath" (and Geometric Wreath Revised, and Geometric Wreath Revised New, and Geometric Wreath Final, etc.) for so long that I'll probably always see a wreath when I look at it, even though it's honestly not all that wreath-like. Blackwork embroidery on 14-count Aida.

Life's been a bit busy lately and I haven't done as much stitching, but there's always time for a new colour wheel. Blackwork embroidery on 14-count Aida cloth.