According to the various instructions in the references listed below, there are several methods of lacing a cross stitch project in preparation to framing. The part that puzzles me is pinning the fabric to the board then lacing. I do realize the front needs to be straight and centered. The lacing is to be ?pulled tight' or ?pulled till the lacing "pings" when snapped'.
If the fabric is pinned securely on all edges 1/2 to 1/4 inch apart, how can pulling the lacing on the back have any affect on the fabric on the front. Most of the references suggest leaving the pins in. In other words why should the back be pulled tight with lacing and the front only smoothed straight by hand before the pins are inserted?
As much as I like the idea of a bolster to finish this Superstition Mountain piece, making it large enough to see the whole mountain without rotating the bolster would make it too large. Even a three sided one would need to be 10 inches on the widest side. So--- I'm going to frame it. Hanging it with the double sided adhesive squares as suggested by Gillian. In an excursion through the Corpus Christi TX Hobby Lobby, DH and I found some frames of an acceptable size made out of well weathered barn wood. It looks very nice against the cliffs and cacti. No mat seems necessary either. But I must get it laced on the non-acid foam core first!
Barbara T