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angiemar10
Paxton, IL
December 29, 2007 12:04 AM Post #4336053
| I'm hoping to get some creative ideas and some practical know-hows about displaying some linens with needlework on them. I have a few from my great grandmother that would have been done around the early 1900s and one done by my DH's great grandmother (not sure when this would have been done). I've read some info about keeping them out of direct light, not using colored paper, making sure to use acid free materials... any other tips. I would also like to display them creatively rather than the run of the mill shadow box. I had originally thought I would just hang them on a rustic ladder but then the info I read seems to say I shouldn't leave them out in the open. I sure would appreciate your ideas. |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI (Zone 5a)
January 3, 2008 12:34 PM Post #4355301
| I have the same problem. I have them packed away in little linen boxes that my GM put them in. Luckily she marked everything with dates and who it belonged to. There are several nice pieces of what she labeled "fancy work"
She even saved the first button hole she ever made. 1902. I tease DD that someday she will be the keeper of the button hole. LOL
Hey, she saved it for over a 100 years, we have to keep it.
I have just kept them in the tissue in a box, because they seemed to keep well that way.
The only way to display would be in a china cabinet or under a glass picture frame.
But like yourself, I worry changes in light and moisture could cause damage. Seems a shame to keep them packed away.
There must be someone out there with an idea. |
pinkpoodlegirl
Rock Hill, SC (Zone 7b)
January 16, 2008 1:35 PM Post #4409085
| You should frame the buttonhole with a label with your grandmothers story...maybe you could add your own buttonhole and even have your daughter make one too... three generations of buttonholes. lol It would be a nice addition to a sewing room. There is a huge variety of archival quality framing and matting supplies. |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI (Zone 5a)
January 16, 2008 9:35 PM Post #4411545
| Somehow my daughter never got the sewing and crafting gene passed down.
The button hole would look nice matted in a nice frame. I may do that. |
grannymarsh
Marquette, MI (Zone 5a)
January 22, 2008 2:43 PM Post #4437980
| I'm showing this photo to (maybe) create some ideas.
You could use a photo of your grandmother, perhaps in a sepia tone, as part of the background, with other very subtle scrapbooking papers, then mount the fine work on the top. Use a some hat pins or antique buttons for interest. An old brooch maybe? Pages from an old sewing/crochet book? I would use acid/ligon free papers for preservation. Be sure your fine work is clean before mounting, Soiled spots have a tendency to get darker.
If you don't want to hang it on a wall, maybe you could attach it to legs for a side table or stand it on a shelf upright.
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Erynne
Hillsburgh, ON (Zone 5a)
January 24, 2008 3:30 AM Post #4445741
| If I were so lucky to have needlework from my ancestors, I would definitely have them framed in heartbeat. I believe the glass they use now offers UV protection. I agree, that leaving antique needlework out in the open would not be a good idea. Talk to a good framer about your options; you may be surprised at how lovely they can make it look for you.
Erynne |
annason
Atlanta, GA (Zone 7b)
January 25, 2008 11:45 AM Post #4451407
| Hi,
My sister has a distressed white dining table. She laid the doilies out, overlapping and arranging, and then covered it with glass. It is really pretty.
Harriet |
cpartschick
Gladwin, MI (Zone 5a)
January 25, 2008 4:56 PM Post #4452473
| Sounds easy, and you could change it every so often too. Good idea. |
angiemar10
Paxton, IL
January 27, 2008 9:59 PM Post #4461641
| I like both of those ideas. I'll have to see what else I can find to put in a frame. The additional items sure would make it more interesting. I like the glass table idea too. I do have a coffee table that it would probably not be too much to get a piece of glass for. I need to cover up some bad spots on the table anyway from where my kids thought they needed to add character to it - ha, ha. |
KayJones
Panama City Beach, FL (Zone 8b)
February 20, 2008 7:09 PM Post #4564987
| I saw, on Carol Duvall, years ago, where someone took rare/antique tatting pieces, built a huge glassed in shadow box, placed them in with straight pins and hung it in an entry area. I suppose you could hang it anywhere that the sun and heat would not get to it. |
morknotmindy
Oracle , AZ (Zone 8b)
May 10, 2011 11:41 AM Post #8552445
| Great ideas here! I've been wanting to bring some of my mom's doilies out and framing them sounds like such a good idea. I have her jewelry and odds and ends of things that would work with a doily. I tat and I have some really pretty things that would really look great! Thanks! As if I needing another project! |
Qwilter
Fleming Island, FL (Zone 9a)
September 15, 2011 11:26 AM Post #8809683
| I had some framed, put handles on the frame, and it's a sort-of serving tray.
A few smaller pieces are framed and I hang those in the DR. |
Quilter5bdsr
(Barb) Hillsboro, NH (Zone 5a)
September 15, 2011 1:08 PM Post #8809809
| Really clever idea Jean!!! I have a few things I'd like to frame like that... |
helenethequeen
Longboat Key, FL (Zone 9b)
September 24, 2011 10:08 AM Post #8822017
| Hello, OK this is not to display/preserve I use doilies under the plastic on my desk top,
Making pillows with colored or off white satin underneat - making small pillows and neck rolls. I have also used a small crochet tablecloth on top of burlap for a small rug in a guest toom with satin ribbon bows. It was OK a bit slippery on wood floor.
I need a foot stool to get into bed. This is it. Not our (mothers or mine) own crochet. mostly acquired.
To preserve a nice shadow box is best way - my five cents. Having many the same size - I wonder if perhaps a photo album found in antique stores would work. Sort of as a cocktail table book.??!!or making something like it with the proper paper...
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morknotmindy
Oracle , AZ (Zone 8b)
September 26, 2011 11:21 AM Post #8824973
| Good ideas Helene. |
ViolaAnn
Ottawa, ON (Zone 5a)
October 27, 2011 7:12 AM Post #8865619
| I framed several of the doilies that my late MIL crocheted. Pics are at http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/805427/ |
andoro16
Knoxville, TN (Zone 7a)
February 27, 2012 7:28 AM Post #9021730
| There is definitely museum quality glass that you can use in your frames. It's expensive, but worth it. I have several documents from my grandparents framed and on the wall and they have not faded a bit. A good framer is worth every penny as well.
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Qwilter
Fleming Island, FL (Zone 9a)
February 28, 2012 2:21 AM Post #9022857
| My framed antique doilies have the archival mat board & glass. SInce they are small pieces, the Framer was able to use glass "scraps" from larger projects so that saved me a bit.
I'll have to remember to take pics next time I'm in FL, |
