Flosstube 113 - Please do something for me

[@doviecrofutt7344]

Glad you had your photos and docs covered! That made my heart sink, thinking of your wonderful kids and memories.

[@karinmonnich3310]

Love your progress on your wips. I hope you get everything back. I only use paper pattern. Happy stitching!

[@doviecrofutt7344]

I last exported NYE 2022, when Kim Hollenbeck told us to on her year end Flosstube. 😅 I exported today, but only 1 project has progress, the rest are new starts waiting in the wings! I need to stitch or ditch, lol. Good luck on the recovery.

[@jeannetteclapperton3208]

Oh dear Emily. Here's hoping you get it all back. I have just exported progress on about 10 wips. My tablet is quite new so didn't bother to back stuff up but after hearing your story I have taken your advice. Thank you for thinking of your fellow stitchers instead of just grizzling about your own problem. Love your videos by the way😊 Jeannette x

[@Dana-cv1gf]

OMG, I never even thought about exporting a progress update. I have my pdfs in the cloud but I know for sure my progress is not being saved to the sd card but I am going to figure that out right now. Thanks, Emily. I sure hope your work can be saved.

[@staceyrothchild3450]

I actually back up my patterns after every stitching session. After watching a couple of videos of other people losing everything.I am now paranoid and like I said I backed up after literally every stitching session to google drive. It only takes a few minutes and saves my sanity. Good luck and I am really hoping you can get it back.

[@qllams]

Thanks for the reminder ❤

[@thissideupthatsidedown]

Very sorry this has happened to you. Don't be too hard on yourself stitchy crap happens to everyone. It will work out better than you think. Take it one step at a time you'll get past this soon enough. You have helped other by sharing your experience. I am a paper pattern only stitcher. However things can and do still go wrong with paper patterns. My "backup" system is as soon as I order a pattern (yes I do love technology) it is downloaded, two full copies are printed (even the huge ones), one is stored in a binder (the backup copy) and the other is the working copy. It might be overkill but the thought of losing my patterns makes me sick. Thanks for the video.

[@idlamerica3354]

I don't have Pattern Keeper but I do watch you all the time. Patricia

[@hollythecrossstitchaddict83]

Hello beautiful, I'm so sorry this happened to you, funnily enough one of my videos (not so long ago) I said the same thing. Back up, back up, back up, on the back of someone else losing all their work. All my pdf's are sent to my email x2, and they are backed up and resent. Just backed them up again. Thanks for the reminder. Hopibg you are able to get all of your work back hun. xx

[@elizabethaston4434]

Hi Emily, I really hope you manage to get everything you need off your old phone, fingers crossed 🤞 for you 😊❤

[@virpir2453]

Thank you for reminding ♥

[@michelem9842]

Thank you!! Actually had to reset my tablet as it locked me out, thanks so much for the reminder.

[@rwords3056]

i export PK progress to another physical device after every stitching session. Stitching isn't complete until I've exported PK progress. (I'm a retired geek (relational databases). I made a major backup oopsie. Once.) Certainly hope the forensic work yields your patterns. Really enjoy your videos, thanks for the PK reminder 🙂

[@cococreates26]

Have saved my PK's, thanks mum! 😊 I use my old phone for PK too! I always think I should do it, but never *actually* do it. I have a folder in my google drive now just for pk exports 👍 Keeping my fingers crossed for your old phone, although since I'm so late on watching I hope it's already been sorted 🤞🤞

[@PyrGlitterNFloss]

I backed everything up to OneDrive! I am one of those people who remembers to back up MAYBE once a year 😂

[@lynnhamps7052]

This is why I only use paper patterns..lol.. Hope you recover everything ok sweetheart. 😯👍🇬🇧💖

[@jennifertaylor6564]

I backed everything up! Safe for now. Hope next video has you with all the patterns back.

[@TwitchyStitcher]

I just wanted to let you know I listened and spent today learning how to save my progress to the cloud. I had been using an old tablet for PK only. So I think my turn at disaster was avoided. Thank you

[@thelovelynicole80]

I am definitely not a back up person. But I just back up all my WIPs. That sucks about the phone it is going to be a pain to get everything back up to the right percentage. I always save my purchased patterns on Google docs. I still have to start the long dog leap years

[@CrossStitchtheGlobe]

I have all my pdfs in a folder on drop box, but I’ve never once exported my progress. All exported now. Thanks for the warning!

[@karenjorgen-jensen827]

I stitch off paper patterns. If my home burns down, I'm screwed.

[@deniseshearer1107]

I have never back up my progress before I knew I should but have done now. Hope you ate able to recover yours. Thanks for the warning ❤

[@carolinemeehan9356]

I had the same issue with my tablet last week. I never backed up my pattern keeper....but I do now. Hopefully the shop can recover it for you...fingers crossed

[@gailmaltese7277]

All backed up!

[@craftycrossstitcher]

I have absolutely backed up my pattern keeper. I've never done it before, but I'm definitely listening to your warning 😊 I hope you manage to recover everything 🤞🏼

[@klmp01041]

'I just need 5 minutes with my phone'🤣 I had to think and I realise I did export progress on all my pieces last week. First time in the last year. Hope you get your 5 minutes

[@evazucht1021]

Thankyou, thankyou ❤ I exported my files.

[@susanhernandez7770]

Oh you poor girl. I have problems finding my stuff saved in the cloud. lol. I think it’s the battery and you’ll be able to get those patterns. I have faith. I’ve been using Mark up R-XP on my iPad just for one project. I’m not sure how to add more, or how to save it for that matter! Take care.❤

[@JustJan2662]

Oh gosh as soon as you started to talk about pattern keeper I guessed what had happened to you! So sorry that happened. I back up my progress almost every stitchy session and just figured most did the same. Glad you got this important message out to other stitchers!

[@kristenjacobsen]

I keep all of my PDFs separate from my Pattern Keeper, so I haven't had to worry about losing the PDFs. However, last year my device that had Pattern Keeper died, so I lost all the progress (about 20 patterns). In the end I gridded my stitched pieces using some red plastic line and marked up the patterns in Pattern Keeper again. It surprisingly didn't take that long (and I do a lot of BAPs).

[@kristenjacobsen]

Now I back up what I've been working on at the end of the day every day.

[@KreuzstickDoreen]

Oh no! That's horrible! I saved my progress straight away 😱

[@FirnMamaMakes]

❤❤❤

[@Stitcherwives]

Such a timely reminder! I need to do this but Google Drive overwhelms me 😂 I have a laptop full of photos that need to be backed up but I can't get the laptop started 😢 so probably I should learn from this mistake with my pattern keeper! So hopeful that your PK is recovered with a fixed phone! Off to watch the next episode to see!

[@Ofelia-12]

I'm so sorry you lost so many PDFs and all that progress, I really hope you can get it all back. I think HAED charges you $10 per chart to get them back if you send them your order numbers, but anything that's been retired is gone forever. I've lost my progress twice, pre Pattern Keeper. Once because ezPDF decided to delete all my files and once because I dropped my tablet in water. Luckily, the way I stitch, despite being cross country, makes it very easy to mark off my progress again and it usually doesn't take me more than a couple of hours per pattern, which is probably why I don't export my progress more often. I have never lost a chart, though. I always download them on my computer and upload to Google Drive right away as well as put them on a USB-stick so I have them in 3 different locations. I have a few retired charts that I'm terrified of losing, so I'm being extra safe. I did back up my progress now thanks to you. I try to do it every few months or if I've made a lot of progress on a chart.

[@susandell3280]

I have no idea how to back up,pattern keeper but at a stitch retreat next week and I am sure someone there will be able to help me. I am keeping everything crossed that it all works out ok for you.

[@vivscrafts4006]

I don't use pattern keeper anymore. I just convert all my patterns to pdf (including the paper charts I'm stitching) and mark my patterns on Adobe acrobat. I have several copies of my patterns in several devices including an external hard drive. So, should I lose my current wip pattern, I can use another device or retrieve from other devices and just look for where I'm at. But backing up is always a good thing. Technology is really not stable. And yes, to ASSUME is to make an ASS of U and ME. Stay safe Emily 💕

[@samstitches6640]

Oh Emily 😧 Hoping that your PDFs are recoverable. I don't use PK but do use MarkUp though don't backup regularly. Off to do that in a moment. Big hugs xx

[@emveecee]

Hoping that your tech guy can pull a rabbit out of the hat and recover your files! I backup at year 's end, and try to do it every month or so as well. Best wishes!!!

[@nic4now344]

Fingers crossed for a safe recovery of the patterns and the progress. Thank you for the reminder, I just backed up the progress. I only have one active WIP on Patternkeeper but I should be better than I am at backing up as I lost all my progress on that one last year when my brand new kindle fire malfunctioned and had to be replaced. If I buy a chart I always email it to myself to keep it safe.

[@terryhickey6884]

I'm a paper pattern stitcher myself as computers and I don't get along I take my designs to my local printer and she blows them out to 150 on A3 paper and they are clear as day, just thought this might help.

[@saartjeart]

Hi Emily, thank you for the PSA! I have had my phone either die on me or blocking until complete reset thrice last year, so I exported everything a couple of time in 2023 because of paranoia 😂 I have done it again, because.. my phone will probably do something stupid again if I don't and I started like 12 projects and worked on another 20 so.. 😂

[@danallic907]

😳😬 Not me never once backing up my patterns. 🫣 Now I’m terrified so I’m backing up all my patterns off pattern keeper now. 🤞🏻 Fingers crossed the tech can get you back on your phone!

[@lisamarieforde550]

Just saved my progress, last time I did it was December so not too bad and luckily I only have one project in pattern keeper

[@billan87]

I would pay almost anything to get the information from the memory card…. Did that when I spilled caramel sauce on an old laptop…

[@mrsmiggins6435]

You are not the only one Emily, it's just that you fess up😃

[@Pheasant-wy3cg]

Oh no I really hope you can get your stuff back 🤞🙏 I am trying to back up my progress but the export progress from pattern keeper doesn’t work so I need to play around with it 😬I also got that Lisa Parker mug for Xmas and I love it x

[@janicem.1100]

And that is why I only use paper charts. Even Vonna Pfiffer uses only paper. There've been other cross stitchers who's pdf files were corrupted and it was impossible to retreive. Regardless of the device, anyone who uses electronic devices are betting there will never be hackers that will wipe out programs. Having said that I sincerely hope your patterns can be successfully retrieved.🙏🙏

[@notcrossjen7462]

Just exported my progress :) When Emily says jump I say “how high” 😂😃😍 hope you can get back into your PK!! Xxx

[@susanradford9503]

Oh my God, I can’t believe that happened. Keeping everything crossed you get good news! I have never used pattern keeper or any device for stitching - I am 100% paper chart! x

[@pandziulagp7409]

Hi Emily, I don't use any progress tracking software, but I'm so sorry to hear about what happened to you. Greetings from Poland. Ania

[@slightlybananas6031]

The tablet I used for pattern keeper died over a year ago and I went through the same thing, my heart goes out to you and I wish you the best with the phone recovery. I ended up losing patterns but thankfully my tech husband found things in different places and was about to return about 75% of my pdf library. Consequently, now I have three different places I back patterns up to. However, I am rubbish at exporting my progress, so I've just gone through and done that thanks for the reminder!

[@christinabucchino7128]

Thank you for giving me the kick in the pants I needed to finally figure out how to backup my Pattern Keeper. I’ve been putting it off for so long. I’m so sorry you lost all your progress and I hope you can get it retrieved.❤

[@mylissahq4602]

I’m like you, I rarely back up. Have just done it now to drive and email incase my device dies. 💜 I hope your phone survives. It sounds like the “black screen of death” Which has happened to one of my older phones in the past.

[@sharonmarie66]

I always export my progress, but have sent the actual,pdfs to my email account as well. I only started this last year as someone else had the same issue . Hope you get it all sorted out soon 😫

[@mihaela.929]

I only use printed paper patterns, because of a nasty sd card that was faulty but I was not aware of it and that made me lose all my photos from my fabulous holiday in 2018. I was so sad when they told me that they could not recover any photos that it permanently affected my trust in electronic devices. Good luck with your phone!

[@maursieq]

Oh I feel your pain 😢. I try and periodically update my charts, usually when I drop my kindle and have a panic that it is going to die 😅

[@lindsaysaidsew5651]

I back up every month - first of the month as a routine. I use Mark-up xp.

[@urbanstylejantine810]

I am an "in between" the two options person. Some periods I do remember to export my profress and then i go months without doing it. I do have all pdf's on google drive and one drive though.

[@anaussieinakiwiworld9355]

Oh no Emily, hopefully you can contact the designers and download your pdfs again. I export my progress and the pdf every time I stitch on them, they are saved in the Google drive as are all the original PDF documents I own. Good luck with dealing with updating your progress and getting your pdfs back. Congratulations on your cow pile finish, good progress for the few days you did stitch. Take care and happy stitching 🌷🌷 from Judy in New Zealand

[@melpatton4731]

Hi hun. I don't use patty keeper, I just print off my charts. I have a storage device to put them on. I haven't done this though. Loads of charts on my phone. I have lost several charts in the past like this but will just have to purchase them again. Hope you recover yours. Xx

[@sharonfennell2932]

Don’t wish to add salt into the wounds but I back up daily. I am keeping my finger crossed that they can recover everything for you.I was crying for you as you told us.

[@janemctavish2666]

Never have backed up Patternkeeper. Used it once and paid for it ❤. I want to stitch but obligations and responsibilities override my stitching. I'm VERY lazy about backing things up. I have paper copies of most everything though. Time to get smart and better organized. THANK YOU‼️♥️

[@sonjarichter5199]

Fingers crossed that you will be able to access your old phone 🤞🏻 I immediately went to update all my PK and Markup patterns. I have done it before, but it's been way too long

[@Debs_stitch]

Oh, no fingers crossed that you can get your phone working. I have exported my progress. Thanks for the reminder I dont always export my progress but I do always download new pdfs to my laptop, then back up to google drive and a usb stick as I am so scared of the same issue Being married to an IT guru he is always saying to me, back it up and back it up again.

[@Mamgus_attic]

Yep assumption quote from Heartbreak Ridge, Classic! Lots of assumptions, Cluster Fcuk 😂 Many years ago my husband, when the PC slowed down, thought nothing of formatting the hard drive without telling me. In days before iCloud, Googledrive etc. I was fuming 😡. I hope you get it all back fingers crossed 🤞 Markup R-XP backed up in 3 places. Paranoid? Just a little. 😂

[@Cattysuecatz]

Oh Emily!!! That stinks really bad. I have my PDF's set up where they are all put in a cross stitch folder in OneDrive when I save them, so I always have those, but I was being lazy about backing up my Pattern Keeper so far this year at all & I try to be pretty good about it, but honestly I probably remember about every 3 or 4 months. I sat during your video & backed up all my active WIP progress. ❤

[@MsSiamar]

I'm so sorry this happened to you and I hope you can recover your files. I always "export pdf" (because it's easier to import if anything happens or when you have to change devices - you only need this one file instead both the pdf and the progress files), and I try to remember to do it after every rotation. I don't always remember, but I think it's often enough. I never had anything happen like that, thank goodness, but I did have to change device. And thanks for the PSA!

[@betzie_paintz2284]

I am going to export my progress now. I do export my progress when I am working on a SAL, to import to the next release. I have all of my PDFs on my google drive. I put the pdf I am working on straight from google drive! I hope it turns out well for your files!

[@jamunnd]

Done. Trying to do it as I change projects or beginning of each month. Ready for a new phone as well. May use this phone as backup or get a tablet. Hope they can save your phone should be able to access what you did save on your new phone. Good luck. Now I want to get out moon Dragon. Thanks for that you enabler. =^.^=

[@StitchedinPeace]

I just did it! Thank you❤

[@christinefoster9453]

I back up my patterns but have only backed up pattern keeper once.

[@sharonstevens7592]

Awww, I'm so sorry for your PK woes. I have now exported my progress. Ermmm...I think I'm worse than blasé as I don't think I'd ever backed up any of them. Thanks for the kick up the backside! Good luck with the phone!

[@healinggamer]

I am so sorry about your phone! I sincerely hope they can get it working for you. I have never lost my progress, but I did recently switch from Pattern Keeper to Markup R-XP so I had to manually enter all of my progress for all of my patterns from one to the other. It was a large task, but it was so nice once I finished. I don't back up every time I switch projects, but I do backup every couple of months. Best of luck to you!

[@RitaMariesStitchingAdventure]

I am done exporting my progress 😊 my progress is safe 😘 I do use my own type of parking method. So, honestly, losing progress doesn't matter that much to me. Since it is easy to mark everything I have done. But I did it so you could feel better 😁

[@CarolAttrux]

Hi Emily! Sorry for your stitchy troubles! I don’t use any electronics for stitching. I hope you are able to recover your work and patterns. 💐

[@wheretheneedletakesme1048]

I have backed up before but not regularly so I'm doing it as you speak. Thing is, if you're doing full coverage and you stitch all over the place like me, it would be a nightmare after just a few days if it all went. Thanks for the reminder x

[@JoceHolm-TheBudgetStitcher]

Never backed up any of my patterns, nor have I put any of my patterns in a cloud. I have just done both!

[@laylastone1647]

Oh no, that is no fun. I think I saw on Instagram that you got your PK progress sorted out, thank god. I used to be blase about it, but I think I saw someone else on flosstube go through what you did a while back, and I now have a reminder on my phone to backup my PK progress once a week. As long as I actually make it happen, it is really easy and quick to backup the three or so projects I have worked on that week. Fortunately, I haven't had to make use of a backup yet.

[@Stitchybecca482]

Oh I hope she did. I don’t have instagram so have been eagerly awaiting an update. I feel so invested lol

[@lucylou8833]

Fingers crossed everything ok still on paper me.

[@JL-ht3vk]

I've never backed up pattern keeper. Just did it for all my patterns. THANK YOU!

[@sarahwebb1450]

I had a tablet die on me a couple years ago. I was lucky that I'd backed up the night before. So now I export progress every time I work on my project. I'm crossing my fingers and toes that your repair guy can get your data off your phone.

[@ArleneSolomon-vr2ue]

I guess I am more like you in that I know I won’t back up a pattern. It’s only paper for me. Not a fan of technology. For this very reason. Heartbroken for you. I understand that sick feeling of regret. Praying for you. 🙏🏻😍

[@laurawoodbury9870]

I have never backed up my pattern keeper, but I don't have any patterns on there with much progress (as I don't stitch a lot, and I've been doing mostly paper patterns). The majority of my patterns are backed up in an email to my work email, apart from my newest ones, but I will do this now, thank you for the reminder. I do hope you get your 5 minutes with your old phone

[@craftingwithfizzy5330]

Oh Emily, my heart sank for you as you started telling your story. I really hope the guy can recover everything. I am quite good at exporting progress but I’ve just done it on all my PK WIPs. I also download all my charts on my iPad before sending them to my tablet to upload to PK.

[@sangomcm4760]

That is horrible! Hope you can recover your patterns! I have pattern keeper in my tablet. I save my progress on google drive every time I work on them (and have a backup in my computer just in case).

[@misse-jensen]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 oh no...... I upload my progress when I'm finished stitching for the day❤

[@marzipanstitcher8571]

Crossing my fingers that he can recover something. So much worse when you are a cross country stitcher. Moon dragon looks absolutely amazing 🌙🌙

[@jodeewalker6536]

I am definitely like you Emily, but I also don't know how to export to Google Drive. When things settle down could you make a short video for people like me, and go step by step on your device, while we are watching and backing up also on our device??? I've tried before and have failed and didn't know what I'm doing. Hard to teach this old girl new tricks,lol. I'm praying you get all your pdfs back and I'm so sorry that this has happened to you. Thank you also for thinking about us others, who are just like you...Normal stitchers who just love to stitch ,lol. Big Hugs and Much Love , JoDee ❤

[@bronsstitchingadventures1076]

My head hurts just thinking about losing everything in PK. My PDFs are backed up all over the place but I'm very lax about exporting my progress regularly from PK. I have now! Here's hoping you can get access back to your old phone and PK.

[@beverleycartwright974]

I’ve just backed up my patterns never done before always thinking that I should but never did.

[@msufly]

I hope your pdfs and PK progress can be recovered! Three years ago, I lost access to my tablet for something unexpected and out of my control. I had all my FC pdfs on Dropbox except for one by my last PK progress update was 2 months prior. I was blasé about backing progress up at that point. It was alot of work to update my progress and I UFOed one piece so now I export my progress EVERY NIGHT. It's worth it for me to take an extra minute to save the file and delete the previous progress file for my peace of mind.

[@MadMorti]

Plus - never rely on your SD card either, it can easily become corrupted - save to the cloud! Also.... at sea? Navy or cruises?

[@Xstitchermetalhead]

I usually back up on Sundays to Google drive. I also email myself the PDF.

[@missinginastitch]

Done! Thank you for the advise

[@EllynJackson]

I too had a device die on me. All my patterns are in my gmail and I learned to save any work daily to a different gmail account. Had to rebuild about 5 projects that I had not saved work. Even one stitch gets saved

[@Stitchybecca482]

Just exported my progress! Thank you for the reminder. I only have one on pattern keeper but it’s an Aimee Stewart bookcase so worth saving my progress.

[@alexandramerrett1623]

Oh no! What a horrible feeling that must have been. I have a bunch of jobs that I do on the first of every month, from flea treatment for my dog to PK updates. It takes a while but gives me peace of mind. ❤ hope the phone technician can work some magic for you.

[@madgrandma]

I keep backing up after a few days sessions. Currently i only have 2 patterns in PK. So sorry you had to go through that. I send my patterns to Dropbox as well as saving on my laptop. Hope you manage to find your older patterns. 🤞

[@christydargue3625]

Don't use pattern keeper however had panic that I had lost my patterns but have just gone through my electronic devices and put them on my hard drive