Excellent recommendations! Thanks, Sharon! Sent from my iPad
> On Nov 20, 2015, at 4:01 PM, Rick & Sharon Whiteley <rswhite...@shaw.ca> > wrote: > > When mounting an object for framing be it picture, textiles, or whatever, > under no circumstances should the glass touch the piece. When something is > mounted and framed with glass you are creating a mini climate within that > frame which can be extremely harmful. Putting the glass against the piece > doesn’t allow for it to breathe and thus promotes mildew, foxing and many > other nasty's. A mat provides the needed space but if that is not desirable > you can use very thin strips of mat board (or commercial spacers) attached to > the inside rim of the frame which will create the necessary space and won’t > be seen. Make sure when you buy mat board that the cut edges look white > (unless it’s one of the types that have the same colour throughout). If the > cut edge is light brownish that means they were made with wood pulp and will, > with time, react with the humidity in the air to make sulphuric acid which in > turn will burn what it’s resting against...in this case your background. I > would suggest you go to your local frame shop and buy small pieces of mat > board (some will even give you small off-cuts). Make sure you ask for > archival board, it comes in many colours and finishes from suede, silk, linen > etc. Even still, with some finishes like suede it’s advisable to give it a > light spraying with a clear acrylic to seal it..any coloured surface has > potentially harmful dyes. The next step would be to use your handy pattern > pricker and pre-prick your sewing holes. Then you can start to sew your lace > onto the backing either using the same thread as the piece or preferably a > finer thread of the same colour. Keep in mind the forces of gravity, the > piece will eventually sag a bit so make sure you use some support stitches in > the middle as well as around the edges. You don’t need many tiny close > stitches, use your own judgement. Another alternative would be to sew your > piece onto unbleached cotton and then mount the cotton onto whatever you wish, > it can work quite well with coloured laces...but make sure you use a spacer > between it and the glass, I can’t emphasise that enough. Sharon on Sunny > but cold Vancouver Island > > - > To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: > unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to > arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
