Any Ideas?

I had several of my older pieces cleaned and reframed at my framers. And this time I added glass. The cost was minimal . It was well worth it. I took over 2 or 3 at a time. When I picked those up, I took a few more. That way my walls were never bare and I could pay for just a few at a time. I am glad I did it.

jill in nj

Jumping in, if the needlework was framed more than 10 years ago - especially if it's more like 20 - it should be taken out, cleaned, re-stretched or re-blocked. You can always try to vacuum the pieces with a piece of old hose over the nozzle. That helps a bit.

It's one of those things we all kind of forget about. But, it's good for the life of the piece to bring it to your trusted needlework framer and let them take it out, do the cleaning, and restretch. Also, any under glass can have both sides of the glass cleaned. Sometimes the backing needs to be replaced - you'd be amazed at some of the things we've seen when I was working at the LNS/framer. And new dust covers go on the back. It's just healthy for the pieces, and will help their life, and they look so much better.

Just some thoughts.

Ellice

Just my 2 cents: I think Ellice means "old PANTYhose" or nylon stockings. ;) MM

And the nylon stockings MUST be black, with seams

Thank you all so much for the input!! It's greatly appreciated!!

I'm sure fish nets just wouldn't do!! :)

Is this a side of Bruce we haven't seen yet? or am I just noticing it this morning?

Donna in Virginia

Giggle!

LOL - I do mean hose as in stockings or pantyhose. Old language habit of referring to stockings, etc as "hose" rather than the full term. But, you got the drift. Thanks for the clarificaton.

Ellice

If you are not ready to have glass put in the frame yet, you could try pulling a piece of net or nylon stocking over the whole thing and doing a very light vaccum on the surface of the net....

me