I do it all the time. Sally Fiske is the last big girl to be mounted and as I pinned her, something kept catching my horribly dry and scratchy eye. It seemed to be a light streak on the sampler that moved when I adjusted the piece. Since I was more interested in observing the linen thread on the edge I never actually looked at its entirety on the foam. There it was. That light I was seeing was areas of the 28 count linen that have less density and the white foam was obvious.
I pulled out a roll of kraft paper and laid a piece beneath. Much more uniform. Of course, this is not acid free, but I don't want to make a trip to the framer and have her cut such a large piece of the correct mat board to line this. As I said, I don't care about 100 years from now. Nothing was acid free 200 years ago and many samplers have survived. So it's wrong to do what I plan, but I also feel that precaution is for glorious needlework that will be kept by family. I have a spray from Krylon that is a matte sealer for paper and art work, nothing like a varnish or coating, and I will use that on the liner. Don't know if it matters, don't care. I am in desperate need of my Dove darks and have been for two weeks as I try to lose weight. It ain't working. I am still packing my mouth like a squirrel preparing for winter. Between losing summer, wearing this boot, and Dove free, I'm easily irritated and crabbier than hell. My dollar store has little bags of Dove but that doesn't help when you buy eight of them.
Here's EF with a few changes to brown and the small section I have left. I don't want to line the windows of the house with the charted very light and am afraid the brown will be too stark so I haven't decided on that yet. I want to stick with the same colors used throughout, maybe the dark blue would be best.
Have a good day folks!
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5 comments:
You rebel you. Kudos for figuring out what was causing the disparity. It's a simple thing like that that would have likely perplexed me to the point of vexing me. I agree with your take on the "stitching for generations" thing. My stuff will be sold at an estate sale auction by someone who doesn't know linen from Aida or hooking from latch hook for 25 cents....and most likely in a bundled lot with leftover cat litter. ~Robin~
I can hear future generations saying " but the frame is nice". Be well
LOL! My boys will even sell my antique samplers for pennies...unless they throw them in the trash.
My feeling is "whatever works!" Great solution, Marly! And you are so right... People always say "don't use glue to apply your cording and trims!" Ha--that is exactly what I do do and I've never had a problem and honestly, 100 years ago, my ornaments will be in some landfill somewhere :) Good for you!!
I am with you on that one. I figure things will last through my lifetime and beyond that, I have no knowledge or control! I figure some of my things will end up in a thrift store!
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