Helen you are a wonderful teacher - you speak clearly, you explain thoroughly, and you make it easy to understand. Thank you so much. Be blessed, Marlene
Fabulous tutuorial- you take the scary out of framing and explain and show things slowly which is so very helpful. Thank you so much for taking time to do this. I watch you often and always love your common sense tips and tricks. It’s interesting how much I still don’t know and I’ve been cross stitching since 1985.
Excellent video! My award winning framer retired and I have been reluctant to try anyone else. I’m thinking of framing myself and your video was very helpful. Thank you!
Oh my gosh Helen. This is wonderful. I am so intimidated about framing that I will not even walk through the section of frames at my Michael's store. Thank you so much for this video. I am off to watch part two now.
Thanks a million for this video and the Part 2! You gave me the knowledge and confidence to successfully redo a “big box” framing job and exponentially improve my satisfaction with my little project! (Wish I could send you pictures.) Thank you, thank you!
The d rings brought back a childhood memory. My mom would have my dad poke a hole in the bottom of a pop can tab and nail it to the back of the frame as a hanger. We make-do with what we have. I still have a crewel piece I stitched in my teens with a pop tab hanger.
The off set clips can be used with the low side screwed into the frame and the high side of the clip against the backing. This is helpful when your rabbitt is too shallow and everything is sticking above the back of the frame.
I have a stack of pieces that need framing including a birth sampler that is long overdue. I think that the last piece that I actually framed was my parents's 50th anniversary sampler which needs reframing in 1986. It has cardboard on the back with tiny brads to hold it in. I want to take it apart and redo it. With your great help, inow feel more confident to actually get these pieces done. Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial!
Thank you so much, Helen, for such a useful video (saved for future reference!). It has given me the confidence to have a go once again at framing a cross stitch piece. I tried once before a couple of years ago and the lovely frame I ordered was covering the edges of my cross stitched piece. Yes, I hadn’t thought about the ‘rabbit’. In fact I had never even heard of it!!.. Now I am a little wiser I will try again! Looking forward to part 2!
Great info and perfect timing-- I am headed to my local big box stores to try to find a frame for my Mercy and Grace piece I just finished. This has helped complete my shopping list. Love your tutorials -- THANKS 💗
Hi Helen, I've watched you for over a year and have just noticed that your ceiling light in front of your stairs is the same as ours. 😄 I'm so observant. I've framed a number of my stitches and found your video to be very thorough for those wishing to start DIYing their own work. I hadn't seen those "spring clips" before. They remind me of the "turning button" type clip that usually slide into a rabbet slot, but they've attached to the backer. The ones you have are definitely longer. There have been times where my rabbet is barely wide enough to squeeze my glass/acrylic, and foamcore mounted stitch into. Those types of clip would make it so much easier to hold all of that inside the frame. Oh, the spacers? 😂 Yes, impossible to come by! Michaels nor hobby lobby would sell them to me early this year. I ordered some off of eBay. I don't comment often, but I appreciate you! Thanks!
Used this video to frame my first piece except I used plastic tacks (micro stitch tacks gun via Amazon) instead of pins ...very easy to use. When I went to local frame shop to buy spacer (my Michael doesn't sell it) and she mentioned that they use plastic tacks to attach to foam board. Thanks
Great talk! Having worked in a custom framing shop and art gallery, I thought your talk was pretty thorough. Rabbet is French for a recessed place, so you could think of a rabbit hole or recessed area. When a frame is narrow, as the one you mentioned as 7/8", that is the face of the frame. When looking at it, it is quite narrow.
You are awesome Helen! You not only showed us what supplies you use but showed additional options. The time and work you put into this is very much appreciated!!! I look forward to part two. 😊
Again, you’re a great teacher. I tried to go back to see the reflection of Emmy drinking your water but couldn’t see her! Drats! Thank you for sharing. 💙💙💙
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and tips for framing. It was so helpful. I have had good luck ordering from Custom Frames online. Lots of good options and they are currently having a 40% off sale.
Helen that is very helpful. Just this week, I pinned my piece to foam core board. I was so proud. I had put batting behind the piece. Put it in the frame and it was too thick. I couldn’t use the easel back of the frame. I ended up taking out the pins and taping it to mat board so that I could use the back. I didn’t know about the hardware that you showed to keep the layers in the frame. I’ll go get myself some supplies. Thanks for the suggestions.
Thank you so much, Helen, I learned a lot today. I have so many things that I could be framing and I love that I can go back and watch again. I really appreciate your time and all your great information.
Very informative! I use applique pins which looks like the same thing. I do need to get a point drive because I have neuropathy in both hands. Less pain will be nice.
Nice job, you covered everything! I like the 1/2" or more for the rabbet. If I find a great frame @ HL that is too big my hubby will cut it down, he also has made me frames from the man cave. . Cutting Costs helps me buy other cross stitch stuff 😉 I like to pin also. I don't have that Ka-Chunk thingy. Thanks for going over it all.
Another great how-to class from you! I took framing classes MANY years ago, but haven't retained most of the info. Your video served as a mini-refresher. Thank you so much for your time and attention to detail in all your videos! Looking forward to part 2.
This video is chock-full of helpful info. Thank you, Helen! I've only ever framed using picture frames, but I now feel so much better informed about purchasing open-backed frames. Looking forward to part 2 =).
Helen you are a wonderful teacher - you speak clearly, you explain thoroughly, and you make it easy to understand. Thank you so much. Be blessed, Marlene
Thank you Marlene!
Fabulous tutuorial- you take the scary out of framing and explain and show things slowly which is so very helpful. Thank you so much for taking time to do this.
I watch you often and always love your common sense tips and tricks. It’s interesting how much I still don’t know and I’ve been cross stitching since 1985.
I love that stitchers are always learning from one another!
Excellent video! My award winning framer retired and I have been reluctant to try anyone else. I’m thinking of framing myself and your video was very helpful. Thank you!
Oh my gosh Helen. This is wonderful. I am so intimidated about framing that I will not even walk through the section of frames at my Michael's store. Thank you so much for this video. I am off to watch part two now.
I hope they help take some of the mystery out of framing for you!
Helen!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!! I learned SO much. Excellent video!
Thank you Helen, so nice of you to do this video!
Thanks Helen, I've always shied away from purchasing frames online because of the measuring challenges. Your explanation is perfect.
Thanks a million for this video and the Part 2! You gave me the knowledge and confidence to successfully redo a “big box” framing job and exponentially improve my satisfaction with my little project! (Wish I could send you pictures.) Thank you, thank you!
Very clear tutorial, looking forward to part 2, especially where to put the sticky part of the spacer
I do show that in part two!
Thank you for sharing all your great information. Have a wonderful week 😊🧵🪡🤗🤩
WOW HOW INFORMATIVE!!! Thanks so much Helen!
Thx for taking the time Helen. 🌸
Thanks, Helen! You explain things so well!
The d rings brought back a childhood memory. My mom would have my dad poke a hole in the bottom of a pop can tab and nail it to the back of the frame as a hanger. We make-do with what we have. I still have a crewel piece I stitched in my teens with a pop tab hanger.
D rings really are just fancy soda tabs! 😂
The off set clips can be used with the low side screwed into the frame and the high side of the clip against the backing. This is helpful when your rabbitt is too shallow and everything is sticking above the back of the frame.
Saved this video to my library. Very helpful information, thank you, I learned a lot today.
Wonderful help! I feel a little more confident in ordering a frame now. Thank you so much.
This is a great tutorial Helen! Thankyou for sharing 👍🇳🇿🪡❤️
This is such great information, Helen, thank you so much for this amazing tutorial.
I have a stack of pieces that need framing including a birth sampler that is long overdue. I think that the last piece that I actually framed was my parents's 50th anniversary sampler which needs reframing in 1986. It has cardboard on the back with tiny brads to hold it in. I want to take it apart and redo it. With your great help, inow feel more confident to actually get these pieces done. Thank you so much for an excellent tutorial!
Thank you so much, Helen, for such a useful video (saved for future reference!). It has given me the confidence to have a go once again at framing a cross stitch piece. I tried once before a couple of years ago and the lovely frame I ordered was covering the edges of my cross stitched piece. Yes, I hadn’t thought about the ‘rabbit’. In fact I had never even heard of it!!.. Now I am a little wiser I will try again! Looking forward to part 2!
I've made plenty of similar mistakes over the years!
So informative! Thank you Helen.
Awesome information you shared Helen…thanks so much❤❤
Awesome explanation, thanks so much for sharing.Have a great week 🥰
Thanks so much Helen! Have my list written down for the future. Look forward to part 2.
Thank you so very much! Looking forward to part 2!
Wow… Thank You for this Amazing tutorial. I can hardly wait for part 2 🫶🏻😆
Coming soon!
Very nicely done, Helen. Thank you!
Fantastic video! Thanks so much for this information - very excited for part 2!!!
Thanks for the information. I look forward to future videos.
Never too old to learn a few new tricks. You are an excellent instructor, with clear directions and a you-can-do attitude.
My goodness you do amazing tutorials!
Thanks for this! For spacers, I use a thin slice of mat board. Maybe not archival, but my stitching will never be in a museum.
I've done that before too! It can be tricky to cut them thin enough though 😂
Wow, thanks for the information. I can’t wait to see no 2. Love your vlogs
Great information! The point driver the best tool for framing! So glad we bought one. 🫎
I think your husband needs to make a video on making frames! His are always gorgeous!
Great info and perfect timing-- I am headed to my local big box stores to try to find a frame for my Mercy and Grace piece I just finished. This has helped complete my shopping list. Love your tutorials -- THANKS
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I hope you found the perfect frame!
That was great. You covered a lot of different aspects of framing. Will be coming back when I'm at that point. Keep stitching
Great video. Very informative and helpful. Thank you.
Thank you. Great information to help us frame our own finishes!
Wow great tutorial, now to watch part two. I have a list of things to begin collecting
Thanks, Helen. This has been very helpful. I was getting ready to order some frames but couldn’t decide exactly what to order.
Thank you for making this informative video.
Very helpful. A good reference. Thanks so much.
Thankyou so much for explaining and sharing. Great video😊
Oh my goodness. This is wonderful! I want to try to frame one of my cross stitch pieces and this was so helpful. Thank you! Thank you!
You are so welcome!
Thanks Helen D , this is a great tutorial and it’s given me confidence to try myself
You can do it!
Rabbet- is a type of cut - normally on the end or edge of a board. 💚
Thank you for this video. It’s helpful to know what everything is called!!
Thanks for the information can't wait to see part 2.
Very informative! Thank you so much! Framing intimidates me, this info will help me!
Hi Helen, I've watched you for over a year and have just noticed that your ceiling light in front of your stairs is the same as ours. 😄 I'm so observant.
I've framed a number of my stitches and found your video to be very thorough for those wishing to start DIYing their own work. I hadn't seen those "spring clips" before. They remind me of the "turning button" type clip that usually slide into a rabbet slot, but they've attached to the backer. The ones you have are definitely longer. There have been times where my rabbet is barely wide enough to squeeze my glass/acrylic, and foamcore mounted stitch into. Those types of clip would make it so much easier to hold all of that inside the frame. Oh, the spacers? 😂 Yes, impossible to come by! Michaels nor hobby lobby would sell them to me early this year. I ordered some off of eBay. I don't comment often, but I appreciate you! Thanks!
The spring clips work great. I used them for years before I finally decided to invest in the point driver.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge!!
Thank you so much Helen!!
Great video ! Lots of information and I really learned a lot that I had no idea about ! Thank you,I look forward to your next video !
Used this video to frame my first piece except I used plastic tacks (micro stitch tacks gun via Amazon) instead of pins ...very easy to use. When I went to local frame shop to buy spacer (my Michael doesn't sell it) and she mentioned that they use plastic tacks to attach to foam board. Thanks
Thank you! This info is very helpful & greatly appreciated!!
Excellent! Thank you! 💜
Great talk! Having worked in a custom framing shop and art gallery, I thought your talk was pretty thorough. Rabbet is French for a recessed place, so you could think of a rabbit hole or recessed area. When a frame is narrow, as the one you mentioned as 7/8", that is the face of the frame. When looking at it, it is quite narrow.
That's interesting!! I'm glad what I had to say made sense! 😊
This is very informative! Thank you.
This was a great video!
You always make me think I CAN DO THIS!
You can do it!
Great video greatly appreciate the information
Thanks for sharing, nice done.
Fantastic information, thank you!
Great information, thanks for sharing.
Great video and information!
💝💝💝💝💝Fantastic!! Thank you so much!!💝💝💝💝
I love your videos. Theygive me confidence to frame pieces myself. But, I better make sure one of my friends is good at math, lol.
Thank you! Great information and so helpful.
Wonderful info. Thanks
Hi Helen yes it was very helpful. Im not very good on math but i understood how you put it. Great lesson teach.😅 🖼️
I'm glad it made sense, math is not my strong suit! 😂
Super helpful! Thank you so much!!
Very helpful! Thank you!
You are awesome Helen! You not only showed us what supplies you use but showed additional options. The time and work you put into this is very much appreciated!!! I look forward to part two. 😊
Thank you this was a great video, learned a lot !!Happy Stitching 🧵✂️🪡❌
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks so much for the excellent information. I want to try to frame a piece I have finished. This will definitely help.
Again, you’re a great teacher. I tried to go back to see the reflection of Emmy drinking your water but couldn’t see her! Drats! Thank you for sharing. 💙💙💙
She just has to be part of the video!
Awesome video!
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences and tips for framing. It was so helpful. I have had good luck ordering from Custom Frames online. Lots of good options and they are currently having a 40% off sale.
I've ordered from them too! The frames are great, but they took a lot longer to ship, at least for me.
Very helpful.
Great info. Thanks
Helen that is very helpful. Just this week, I pinned my piece to foam core board. I was so proud. I had put batting behind the piece. Put it in the frame and it was too thick. I couldn’t use the easel back of the frame. I ended up taking out the pins and taping it to mat board so that I could use the back. I didn’t know about the hardware that you showed to keep the layers in the frame. I’ll go get myself some supplies. Thanks for the suggestions.
There are so many different ways to close up the back of the frame! I'm sure I didn't touch on them all! 😉
@@helend.flosstube You gave me several choices that I didn’t know existed. Thanks!
Super helpful! Thank you! I just bought two oops frames from Michael's and eager to try my hand at it!
I'm glad your store has some!
Thank you so much for taking the time to show the tools for framing. You're the best.
Outstanding, Outstanding and Outstanding Helen, you did a fantastic job showing everything we would want to frame!!!!!!!! 💚
Thank you so much, Helen, I learned a lot today. I have so many things that I could be framing and I love that I can go back and watch again. I really appreciate your time and all your great information.
Glad it was helpful!
Very informative! I use applique pins which looks like the same thing. I do need to get a point drive because I have neuropathy in both hands. Less pain will be nice.
The point driver really does make it easy and helps keep the back of the frame a lot cleaner!
Thanks, Helen for practical framing information. Your explanations were very clear and very helpful. Really appreciate!
This was so much help, Helen! You explain things, very, very well!
Thanks for the info, it is perfect
This was so helpful! Thank you, thank you. I’ve always wondered about other ways to close up the back. I’m off to find spring clips.
If you find some let me know where!
Awesome video Helen! It was very helpful!
I'll watch this one again when I'm ready to order frames!
Nice job, you covered everything! I like the 1/2" or more for the rabbet. If I find a great frame @ HL that is too big my hubby will cut it down, he also has made me frames from the man cave. . Cutting Costs helps me buy other cross stitch stuff 😉 I like to pin also. I don't have that Ka-Chunk thingy. Thanks for going over it all.
I'm jealous that your hubby can resize frames! That's the best!
Best price for the Logan (F500-2) Dual Drive Elite is $49.99 @ HL (not free shipping & not sure if sold in all store locations)
Thanks Helen! You did a great job explaining! Have a great day!
You did an excellent and thorough job explaining all about frame anatomy any requirements for framing. Well done!
I appreciate you sharing all your techniques and knowledge🤗.
Another great how-to class from you! I took framing classes MANY years ago, but haven't retained most of the info. Your video served as a mini-refresher. Thank you so much for your time and attention to detail in all your videos! Looking forward to part 2.
Glad it was helpful!
This video is chock-full of helpful info. Thank you, Helen! I've only ever framed using picture frames, but I now feel so much better informed about purchasing open-backed frames. Looking forward to part 2 =).
Open backed frames need a couple of extra steps, but once you get the hang of it you'll be hooked!
Wonderful flosstube. Thank you so much for sharing. I’ll look forward to Part 2.
Such a comprehensive overview. Thank you.