Ongoing X-stitch

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A customer is stitching a family tree and wants to have it framed. She also wants to be able to add new family members as they arrive. I'm thinking of mounting the piece on stretcher bars so that the back of the fabric would be accessable and fitting the piece with turn buttons. Has anybody got any better ideas? Kit

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Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana
 
You might lace/stitch the x-stitch on to your mounting board. Lacing will allow easy removal without harming the stitchery.

I don't recommend stretcher bars, as they are wood. If you want to go that route, make a window out of a few layers of acid free foam core. That will give you the opening you would want from the stretcher bars, but with out the wood.

Good luck, and let us know what you decide.


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Good morning Sue May. An unrelated question that has been bothering me for some time: if wood is bad for paper and fabric, how come we stretch canvas on it? Making stretcher bars out of acid free foam core is a good idea. Whether that would be rigid enough depends on the size of the piece - I haven't seen it yet. If I have to use wooden ones, do you think wrapping them with muslin would help? Lacing isn't an option because she wants to be able to take the piece apart and put it back together herself. Kit


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Kit, aren't you supposed to coat the wooden stretcher bars with (if I get this wrong, I'm sure I'll be corrected in short order) shellac, or some such sealer? While we're on this, how about staples? If you're allowed to use staples to affix canvas, can you use the same to attach thin canvas giclees to 8-ply board in lieu of stretching onto bars?
 
I think you can sew the Xstitch to muslin or canvas and staple that to the stretcher bars to avoid damage by the staples.

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[This message has been edited by ArtLady (edited November 17, 2000).]
 
Hi!
Sure, you can seal the wood, but I have seen the resin from poorly dried wood come through the sealer in a short amount of time. (It was less than one year.)

As for the foam core window... you can add stregnth by adding layers of mat board,in between foam core layers. The more layers the stronger, so use the 1/8" acid-free foam core.

I have done it in the past for exactly the same reason you are. (Don't you LOVE x-stitch?)
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PLEASE!!!! Don't use staples!!!! If you aren't going to stitch the fabric, use stainless steel pins. Staples pierce the fabric and weaken it, while pins can be put in the fabric's holes. Unless the fabric is a linin (28 count or smaller), it is created with a weave that is sometimes called a "locking weave". Which means the threads are locked in place and should not pull out easily.

(Can you tell I do X-Stitch?)

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Sue May
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[This message has been edited by Susan May (edited November 17, 2000).]

[This message has been edited by Susan May (edited November 17, 2000).]
 
Customer showed up in person today with embroidery. It's quite small. After discussing all the options (thanks, guys)we decided on a pin stretch over acid free foam core. She felt she could take that off and re do it herself if she needs to add more grandchildren. I appreciate all the suggestions I got from the forum; I like going into these situations well-armed with alternatives. Kit

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<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kit aka emrr:
Lacing isn't an option because she wants to be able to take the piece apart and put it back together herself. Kit

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G'day Kit,
I beleive that lacing is the best option for any fabric item. Indeed lacing is the perfect option for the customer to take apart and redo.
Many of my needlework customers now do their own lacing (I taught them how) and it is so unbelievably easy to do that anyone who can do any type of needlework is way overqualified to lace.
I have absolutely no idea why so many framers are terrified of lacing!
 
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