Managed to stitch a bit

The only problem might be dust?

Pat P

It's only necessary to glass pieces that will be in the kitchen or in the home of a heavy smoker. I think that's an EXCELLENT idea.

And if you have some of your friend's "equipment" (her scissors, hoops, books, etc.), it would be nice for you to hang onto it so that you can gift it back to the girl when she's old enough to learn. It may mean a lot to her that she's learning with the needle Mom used, in the hoop Mom used.

I think the issue of glass is an interesting one. Dust in some locales can be a serious problem. It is for me. The ground is sandy loam, it's windy a lot, and when I dust, it's black. I could dust every day. I wouldn't want to have to worry about my needlework - which is all under glass.

Cooking grease doesn't just stay in kitchens. If you use an air conditioner or furnaces, this moves air and all its contaminates throughout the house. Like it or not, it's on your furniture. While it may take years to build up (you're more likely to purchase a new sofa before it's a readily seen/felt problem), it does deposit on things other than within the confines of a kitchen (unless you're faithful with a cooking fan, and I hate the noise).

And, of course, smoking will deposit residue throughout your home as well.

Only glass and a paper backing on the frame will fully protect needlework from the environment.

Dianne

Pat P wrote:

snipped-for-privacy@osufpp.org said

I think too many of us worry about perserving needlework for all time instead of focusing what would be appropriate for the here and now. Being able to tactiling connect with her mother is, in my opinion, more valuable than being able to merely look at a finished piece.

I never glass anything and every now and then I vacuum my pictures by holding the nozzle about an inch from the surface, seem to suck the dust off them. Ruby

vacumm about 1 to 1/2 from the the piece to clean dust off. if there is a smoker in the house, it will turn yellow after time. i have use glass framing for smokers it helps.

I took the glass off a cross stitch that a great grandmother did. It looks clearer and richer. We rarely fry so there isn't much cooking grease.

No one had really brought up that it can be framed without the glass, but that doesn't mean it has to stay that way. A sensitive option for the young girl is to frame it simply, and introduce it to her and tell her that when she feels she is ready to protect it that you will help her pick out the mounting and frame for it.

My much beloved brother died in an auto accident in 1994. It was a no-fault accident. Poor visibility in a snowstorm, etc. There were some collectibles he had that the children wanted by their beds. (Youngest child was less than

Jaenne

Good idea - but when it is framed initially, make sure that the rebate is deep enough to take the glass at a later date.

Pat P