There are a few pieces I have stitched that I am not attached to. Several are favorites, some are meh, some are I don't care. Since my plan (and has been for a few years) is to streamline and change my home to sparse and efficient, I just can't visualize all these pieces on the walls. But we'll see.
What I'm debating right now is the display method. I have older pieces framed and plan to remove the glass.
This was back in 2012 when I removed the dust covers and opened the frames to clean the glass. The stitches no longer looked sharp, clear, and cleaning the inside of the glass made a huge difference in them. It's time again for a cleaning and this time I will leave the glass off. Not sure what caused this but they certainly were dirty after 20 years. With a sealed backing of paper, maybe the heat and household air does filter through, I don't know.
The other more recent pieces are bottom fringed and just hanging on the wall. I don't know if I will ever frame them. For now, I'm thinking of a middle ground. As the small sampler in this group is shown on a wannabe hornbook, mounting these larger samplers on a board with a shaped top may be an option. Nicer than nothing, not as formal as a frame, much less expensive. I do like samplers hemstitched and mounted to a background mat, not stretched over it, and that will be my choice for Lucy Redd, Sally Fiske, Eliza Pumroy and any of the big girls. I just prefer the more aged primitive pieces to have a little texture (wrinkle) and not be perfectly smooth and neat. I'll only be out a few bucks for trying this because who knows? I may still prefer the simplicity of a sampler hanging on a cupboard's side or door, free and naked as a bird.
But as you know, I have a PhD in procrastination so this may take a while.
Have a good day!
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8 comments:
You are stitcher extraordinaire :)
Beautiful samplers, Marly!! My walls are full too, but I just can't seem to part with them yet!
It will be great seeing what you decide. Beautiful samplers.
What a gorgeous collection of samplers, Marly! I have never used glass in my framed pieces and some are almost 40 years old--absolutely no problems with them. I love being able to really see each stitch :)
Good luck. Look forward to your final decision.
Marly, I love the look of a hemstitch but have no clue how to do it. maybe someday you might post a video or picture steps of how to create that look??!
I've always used glass in my framed pieces because I worry about not being able to keep the pieces clean. I like the hemstitch idea and would love to see how it's done.
Love the hornbook stitchery!!
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