A vintage piece of hand quilting done by a client's family member. Hand stretched under Conservation Clear glass with 99% UV protection in a rustic whitewashed flat frame.

 

Various clients brought in many different styles of stitcheries, needlepoint and cross stitch.

Hand stretched, no mat, ornate white frame only

Hand stretched, single mat, museum glass, metal frame

Hand stretched, double mat, museum glass, wood frame.

Hand stretched, single mat, beading, spacers, Conservation Clear glass, white wood frame

Hand stretched, single circle cut mat, beading, spacers, Conservation Clear glass, white wood frame.

The two pieces by the same client

Customer stretched, no mat, Museum glass, wood frame only

Customer stretched, no mat, Museum glass, ornate wood frame only

Hand stretched, no mat, Museum glass, ornate white frame only

Hand stretched, no mat, ornate white frame only

The two pieces by the same client

The two pieces by the same client.  Hand stretched, one with single mat, one without matting,
both have Museum glass and colored wooden frames.

Hand stretched, double mat, Museum glass, wood frame.

 

Many stitchers are referred to us by the Local Needlework Shop (LNS) Acorns and Threads that is located in the Raleigh Hills neighborhood of Portland. They bring us beautiful hand stitched needlepoint pieces to be blocked and hand stretched. These two were stretched over quilt batting to give them a more three dimensional puffy look. We added single mats and then lifted the Museum Glass with spacers to not squish the stitching.

Circle cut mat in a light gray textured wood frame.

 

Single red mat in a cream textured wood frame.

6x6 small frame on the left
10x10 frame on the right

Stretching an oversize canvas (9 feet wide) of an original painting that was commissioned for the client. It looks fabulous hanging in its final location.

 

From Africa comes this painting on cotton fabric in monochromatic blues. We hand stretched this over an acid free foamcore board and framed it in a narrow black frame without glass.

 

Cross Stitch Series

A long time client brought in the first of these counted cross stitches she did on linen and said there were two more in the series and she wanted them to be framed similar to each other.  

We initially ordered enough of the moulding for 3 frames at the same time 

so they would be from the same lot.  Sometimes moulding can change grain 

or color intensity if not ordered from the same batch.  

Then as each stitchery came in we color matched the double mats 

to each one while always using a green as the top mat.  

They were each framed a few months apart, 

so please excuse the different lighting in each picture.  

All three were hand stretched over an acid free backing board, double matted 

and framed under Museum Glass with 99% UV protection 

and the anti-reflection coating that makes it look nearly invisible!!

 

A beautiful cross stitch on white aida fabric with a shiny black mat under museum glass in a narrow gold frame.

 

Cross stitch of a steam locomotive framed in a traditional brown frame with a double mat under Museum Glass.

 

Have you brought back a rolled up canvas from one of your travels? This client had us stretch it on to stretcher bars and then frame it with the ultra skinny contemporary black floater frame with a space between the edge of the canvas and the inside edge of the frame.

 

When this oversized dupioni silk fabric was hanging on a rod until it started to disintegrate our client brought it in and asked how we could frame it so they could still enjoy it's beauty while preserving it from further decay. We hand sewed along the top seam line to a cotton fabric in a coordinating color which we then stretched over an acid-free foamcore board. To keep it lightweight we used plexiglass with 99% UV protection and a non-glare coating to protect it from fading. The frame is a contemporary flat face with a light tan line on both the inside and outside edge.

 

Do you love gnomes? Here's some "Watermelon gnomes" for you!! This adorable cross stitch on white linen is a great example of some bright colors, but as you can see we did a triple mat with a matching white on top. When we matched the correct pink and green mats all you saw was the matting, but adding a third mat to soften the colors brings your eye back to the focal point...the gnomes! We hand stretched the fabric on to acid-free foamcore board and put regular glass in a traditional thin white frame.

 

These four pieces are original paintings of fan art on canvas. The customer brought them back from Vietnam folded up in a suitcase. We stretched them over wooden stretcher bars and framed them with a traditional black half round dome frame without any glass.

Marilyn Monroe

Tupac Shakur

Notorius B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls

Notorius B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls

Our client ordered this painting that was shipped rolled up in a tube. We stretched it doing a "Gallery Wrap" where part of the painting wraps around the sides of the stretcher bars so that it can be hung without a frame. This measures 69 inches wide by 34 1/2 inches tall.

 

An antique original oil painting that was rolled up and wrinkled. We restretched the canvas on to wooden stretcher bars and then framed in an ornate gold frame with a black outside color.

 

This original oil painting was brought back from our client's travels rolled up and needed to be stretched on to strainer bars and then framed with a black rustic frame with a texture resembling wormholes. It turned out beautiful!!

 

Two matching cross stitch birth announcements stretched under matching blue double mats in a rustic cream colored frame with regular glass.

 

This cross stitch is stretched on 3/16" acid free foamcore board and mounted under a triple mat and museum glass in a stacked frame of a deep dark brown traditional thin ridged frame inside with a deep dark brown bamboo shaped frame on the outside.

 

A delightful embroidery piece from the 1970s that we restretched and framed in a textured black frame.

 

Full disclosure: This frame is NOT available through Hangin'. We did a repair/upgrade for our customer. We replaced the plexi with museum glass in the three sections as well as upgraded the fabric and remounted the medals on each side.

 

A fun and festive multi-holiday cross stitch celebrating each month of the year in a colorful coordinating frame.