I had a trawl through a load of charity shops with my friend Jackie a few days ago. I was looking mainly for picture frames and managed to find five that would do. It only cost me £3.49 for the lot. Bargain.
I’ve used one already so I now have one of the finished pieces of embroidery on the wall. Result!
First I stripped the frame down, getting rid of the glass and metal tabs.
I used the existing backing to measure out a new piece of mount board and cut some grip-strip to size.
Once the grip-strip was on, I stretched the fabric round it. It’s a bit fiddly, but isn’t difficult and only took about ten minutes to get it exactly how I wanted.
Next I got out my trusty tab gun and fastened the embroidery into the frame.
All that was left to do then was pop some kraft paper on the back, and seal it with picture-framing tape. Then screw in a couple of eyelets to fasten the wire to.
A couple of minutes later, it was on the wall.
From start to finish that took about 30 minutes and it looks great. It took me so long to do that particular piece of embroidery and it’s just been sitting in a drawer until now. Hopefully I’ll get some more of the stitched pieces out of the box now that I’ve made a start.
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April 5, 2015 at 11:23 AM
Absolutely superb, you made such a wonderful job of this piece and it looks great in the frame 😀
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April 5, 2015 at 11:33 AM
Thank you 🙂
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March 26, 2015 at 1:39 PM
Final outcome looks great. I’ve never seen those grip strips before. Looks like it will save time over the lacing method.
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March 26, 2015 at 9:40 PM
Thanks 🙂
It’s a lot quicker than lacing, and easier to get it even.
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March 27, 2015 at 1:17 PM
I showed this to my friend, and she’s looking into finding it and buying. I’d like to try it for a smaller project. I’ve never done my own stretching and framing.
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March 27, 2015 at 3:24 PM
Hope you both manage to source it. It wasn’t cheap, but you get plenty in the pack and when you compare it to the cost of having projects professionally framed, it’s a bargain. Especially if you get your frames for pennies at the charity shop 😉
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March 21, 2015 at 9:18 PM
Fancy leaving him in the drawer! How could you? I love this design and fab stitching too 🙂
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March 21, 2015 at 9:45 PM
I know – it’s shameful, isn’t it. He had a lot of friends in there though 😉
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March 21, 2015 at 9:53 PM
You sound like someone else we both know LOL
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March 21, 2015 at 2:10 AM
I’ve never heard of grip stitch before. I must remember that. It looks lovely. The frame was a great find.
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March 21, 2015 at 8:56 AM
Its proper name is Grip-n-frame and is easily found on Google.
The frame was a briliant find, especially at only £1.49 🙂
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March 20, 2015 at 7:56 PM
This is so neat! I’ve never seen grip strips!
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March 21, 2015 at 8:58 AM
So much easier, isn’t it. Its proper name is Grip-n-frame.
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March 21, 2015 at 2:47 PM
Awesome! I’ll definitely have to check them out!
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March 20, 2015 at 11:54 AM
Oh wow, very quick and easy! I’m loving that grip-strip- much easier than lacing the back!
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March 20, 2015 at 1:50 PM
The grip-strip is brilliant. So easy to use and so quick compared to other methods.
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March 20, 2015 at 9:08 AM
well done! it’s not easy to find square frames, and this one is perfect
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March 20, 2015 at 9:49 AM
Thanks. I think I may need another charity shop trawl to see if I can find any more in another area. Hopefully I’ll find another square one as I have another project that needs one.
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