The Framers Forum

Thanks for passing that on Roboframer, I'm happy to press with a damp cloth but if they ask for advice about washing Cross-stitch is there a 'fabric washing bible' that I can refer them to ? I was wincing the other day while I watched my Mum give her cross-stitch a light scrub with Fairy liquid unde...

Hi, I seem to be getting a few cross-stitch recently, which is nice.., I have done a few over the years but no doubt I'll be getting a lot more now I've escaped the desk job and become a 'full timer" . For a typical A3 size cross-stitch, I tend to pin to 5mm foamcore board, having cut a window ...

Thanks for the advice everyone, I just secured that order for 6 frames today, I've hit the big time !

cheers
B'Puss

I'm almost too embarrassed to ask this but I will .... :oops: Remembering that I became a 'Full-time' picture framer at the beginning of July despite framing on the side for years, I had a nice lady artist come to my workshop on Saturday and she wanted 6 frames made up for canvases ( on board ), rou...

I was watching the Vivian Kistler "Framing Needlework" DVD only last week and that covered the Newberry method along with a load of other fabric framing techniques, if you haven't seen it I'd recommend it, it's quite good to dip in and out of when you need something particular. If your loc...

Once again I find myself rearranging my workshop ( too much time on my hands ), I've got a Proteus Montboard storage bench which I've had for years but I've never been totally happy with it. Every now and then when I pull a sheet of mountboard out I find that some insects have been living in there a...

My heart went out to you when I read your post, as someone who has only just gone "full-time" as a framer, my bowels started to twitch a bit when I read about your problems with Simons. I don't do the sort of volumes that you do but I have used Simons for ages and have never had problems l...

Thanks for the feedback everyone, I'm always amazed at the contrasting opinions on this forum :giggle: I'm glad to hear that some of you don't tape the sandwich together, if I thought it was totally full-proof then I would happily spend a minute or two applying tape but I've lost count of the times ...

As I dismantled a Pastel drawing with double-mount, foamcore spacer and backing board for the 3rd time in two days this afternoon ..., I wondered if everyone 'sandwiches' the mount, backing and glass together with tape ? I always have , it makes it easier to put the art under glass to one side befor...

I haven't heard of Polcore but have bought Emafyl from Simons in the last 6 months, some of their range you can now buy a couple of sticks at a time.

I think smaller photograph frames would be fine but I was amazed at just how 'bendy' the stuff is ?? It is as cheap as chips though !

And another question .... :nod: In all the years I have been a 'weekend' picture framer I have never used Aluminium frames and I feel strangely inadequate ... Now I'm a "real" Picture Framer I thought it would be nice if I kept a few samples to show customers and then order them cut to siz...

I don't know where I got the idea but I used some Black standard mountboard on the back of a poster today, it did look pretty classy .... but then I had run out of Art-Bak so I was a bit desperate

That's just what i wanted to hear, thanks RoboFramer ! I think it would be prudent for me to inform the jobsworths first before they hear second hand ...
Thanks again,
B'Puss

Excuse the glut of postings lately but I'm just setting up a 'proper' full-time business and suddenly find myself scratching my head alot ... :Slap: Does anyone out there operate from a workshop at home ? I've got a 'converted' garage which I've used for years, it's quite respectable looking inside,...

I thank you for your swift replies peeps, I'll take a look tonight .

rgds
B'Puss

Thanks Jared, I looked at Vista last week , they are pretty good but I couldn't see a category for this sort of adhesive label

I've spent the last month or so faffing about with my new Logo for business cards etc., probably 28 days too long but it seemed to be the most important thing in the world to me :sweating: I need to get some stickers with my natty new logo on to put on the back of the frame, size approximately 2 in ...

Thanks Kev, can't bring myself to spend a packet on something I might use every couple of months desperately trying to resist buying a CMC at the moment ....
Thanks,
B'Puss

I have had a Valiani mat-pro 120 for a couple of years ( not the CMC one but the pneumatic version ), recently though I have gone back to using my old Keencut because I can cut freehand and I don't have to mess about with the productions stops. I don't think I want to get a CMC just yet although I t...

Hi,
I've just downloaded EstLite for a test drive, can someone tell me how I would go about specifiying a triple mount and noting which colour mount is on the top, middle and bottom ?

Thanks
B'Puss