I would check out materials in a Scrapbooking shop. Your use of 'cardboard' in the backing would be a bad choice, you want 'archival quality' materials. Lorri > > Dear Arachnes, > > I'm playing with the idea of making a beaded frame for a small lace > motif, to be used as a brooch or pendant, and was thinking of using > acetate film instead of glass. > Does the acetate (transparency sheets) release any gasses or affect > cotton/linen fibers in any way? > For more details, the motif would go under the acetate, and on top of > either velvet or ultra-suede, a piece of cardboard and thin leather > backing. All this would have the edges sewn together with nylon > thread and then trimmed with beads. > I will welcome all your comments and observations! > Thanks, > > Debora Lustgarten > Toronto, Canada
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