I'm guessing you are referring to new lace you were preparing for an exhibit
or photography?
Indeed; it was a last minute solution -- the deadline pending, and my only curved needle thick enough to sew sails with <g> The whole thing will be disassembled as soon as I get it back.
Even though the piece is new and far from fragile, I a) don't like/trust plastic on principle b) wasn't *altogether* happy with the results...
Stretching the fabric *tightly* is almost impossible: if it's thin, the grid will show from behind and, possibly, imprint on it; if it's thick, the canvas will bend under stress (like a bow) and then try to straighten out. If, by the time the canvas un-bends, your lace is already attached, it can get stretched in unpredictable ways.
*Definitely not* something to try on old lace, or even long-term on new. But, for a month or so, it served...
Some plastics [...] when subjected to extreme heat (like a very hot attic on a Summer day) - they melt.
My first workshop ever -- in Denver, some 13 yrs ago or so -- one of the horror stories told by a participant was about the pillow (styrofoam, or whatever) she'd left on the back shelf (behind the back seat, just under the back window?) of her car, while she took off for a shortish trip to the shops. The pillow/lace was covered, but the sun gets strong in that area and it was magnified by the curved glass of the back window... When she came back -- maybe an hour later -- the pillow had shrunk to half the thickness, and the pins were "welded" into it forever... :)
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