Framing Jerseys

[Bud Cole]

I need some suggestions from you experts out there. I have found doing jerseys to be a real pain. Sewing to the backing is very time consuming and definitely not my forte`. Conservation is at the top of the list. What do you use to attach the jersey to the backing? Any magic solutions?? Attaching to the back leaves an unsightly mess. Do you then cover this with a matboard so it doesn`t show? I really appreciate the help all of you give as suggestions on the Grumble. Thanks Again!!! Bud Cole

[B. Newman]

Bud, I don't know where Maineville is, but if you are anywhere near Louisville, Ky. You need to go to the Education Tour Event there tonight at 6:00. Vivian Kistler and Brian Wolf will be there. Vivian talks specifically on framing jerserys! They did a great job in Knoxville and Nashville, Tn!
Call Newmark Publishing and ask for Margo for more info. 800-866-5566

If you can't make it to the event, get her book, "Framing Collectibles in Shadow Box Frames". Page 53 tells you how to do jerserys. You really don't have to sew ALL the way around!

I hope you can go to the Event. It's well worth the time and trip!

Betty

[DanPat]

We have framed too many Jerseys. Just a few weeks ago I got to work on monday and was informed that someone would be bringing in 3 jerseys within the next few days and wanted them framed by that Thursday! graemlins/shrug.gif They actually brought the third jersey in on Thursday! graemlins/cry.gif (I did get them done in time)
We've found that the quickest and easiest way to frame them is to hang them on a hanger inside the frame. :cool: No sewing required unless you want to stitch the sleeves to the jersey. I put the glass in the frame face down, use matboard and foamcore for spacers on the inside of the frame to hold the glass in place, and then use a piece of mat and foamcore for the backing. I hang the hanger on a screweye.
Hopefully this helps somebody, graemlins/smiley.gif
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[Jan]

Hi Bud,

I use 1 1/4 inch stainless steel dressmakers straight pins. The regular type rather than the "t-bar" type. Maybe 25- 30 per jersey, and concentrated around the shoulder and upper sleeve area. They are easy to push through matboard using a thimble. I bend them downward in the back {this is the reason for the relatively flimsey regular straight pin} and secure with that very sticky framers tape. Matboard or acid free foancore for a backer depending on the depth of the rabet. I know the pins seem very small, but I've been using this method for years and haven't had one fall yet.

Hope this is helpful.

Jan

[Bill Taylor]

Originally posted by Bud Cole:
I need some suggestions from you experts out there. I have found doing jerseys to be a real pain. Sewing to the backing is very time consuming and definitely not my forte`. Conservation is at the top of the list. What do you use to attach the jersey to the backing? Any magic solutions?? Attaching to the back leaves an unsightly mess. Do you then cover this with a matboard so it doesn`t show? I really appreciate the help all of you give as suggestions on the Grumble. Thanks Again!!! Bud Cole

[ArtLady]

Charge the full price to frame them and the following will happen:

You will feel better about doing them.

or

You will not have to do them anymore because they will be taken elsewhere to bottleneck some other frame shop. While you do the more profitable work.

In the meantime, continue to frequent TG until we all find the quickest and best solution to this production issue.

[CharlesL]

We frame quite a few jerseys, living 12 miles from Raleigh, in the heart of ACC country. Paulette is right: Being honest with yourself, get as much as the market will bear.
There's good money in framing jerseys!

[Bill Taylor]

Bud, I have to see if I'm doing this right. This is my first post. As I emailed you eariler; I cut a shape out of acid free foam so that the jerseys are flat and sew a few stitches here and there to hold it them in place. The foam is cut in such a way that it does not show but gets the majority of the wrinkles out. I had a job order for 26 retired jerseys and this worked great and saved tons of time and work.
Thanks, Bud, for letting me use you as my virgin letter response!
Bill Taylor

[JFeig]

You state that conservation is a top priority. That limits the methods to one. Sewing is probally the best way to mount a jersey. Another method might be to place the jersey over a form and hang it from the form.