How to Frame Cross Stitch! A look at how I frame my needlework at home
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ส.ค. 2024
- This is an at home framing tutorial using readily available supplies from your local craft store. This is a budget friendly alternative to expensive, but beautiful, custom framing. This tutorial uses the pin method to mount the cross stitch piece. Supply list below.
Supplies:
Frame
Foam board - amzn.to/3SCV5XF
Batting - amzn.to/3QvGZEM
Spray Adhesive - amzn.to/40F4SOT
Ruler
Marker
Sequin pins - amzn.to/47cKV4G
Double sided mounting tape - amzn.to/3MKoag5
Rotary Cutter or Scissors
Ring Hangers
Picture hanging wire
Needle nose pliers
Drill or screwdriver
Kraft paper
Patience
Cross stitch piece is Stacy Nash "Gathering the Greens" stitched on 40 ct Gray from Weeks Dye Works with the called for floss colors
Disclaimer: I am not a professional framer, this is intended as guidance and information only, there are many other ways to frame needlework, this is just what works for me right now! Enjoy and ask any questions below!
Links
Instagram - / elizabethanncanstitch
Email - elizabethanncanstitch AT gmail dot com
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I’m a newbie so have very little quilting or framing know how. What is the purpose of the batting?
The batting is definitely not a necessary step, just something I like to do. For me I feel like it gives a slightly softer look on the front of the piece rather than tightening the cross stitch onto the hard foam board alone, I also feel like it helps disguise any loose or carried threads on the back and gives something for the linen to grip onto as I’m tightening my pins. But I don’t know if professional framers use it or not, it just my preference!
the batting also "grips" the cross stitch fabric and helps to stop sagging as it is hanging and gravity is pulling on it over time.
It also creates a barrier between the spray adhesive and the needlework. Adhesive will yellow the needlework canvas and can deteriorate the thread over time.
Thanks for asking this question 💚💚
This is the BEST tutorial I've come across for framing a cross stitch sampler. You took all the anxiety out of the process and made it simple and professional. I love the sequin pins. Great idea....❤
Great Video. My wife just handed me an old cross stitch and said "frame this" I have done plumbing, electrical work, carpentry, welding, and many other construction projects but was clueless on what to do with this project. Didn't want to destroy the piece ( I was thinking of nails, plywood, etc.) so ignored the request as long as I could. After watching your video I can now complete it easily. Thank you !
so glad it was helpful!!
Excellent video! My mom was an avid cross stitcher and framed all of her own pieces. She has since passed away and I just finished my first piece in a long time and never asked her to show me how she framed her finished crafts. Thank you so much!
I feel that after watching this tutorial I could successfully do this myself.
Amazing tutorial. I can’t tell you how grateful I am for this as you have saved me lots of money in framing costs. I went to goodwill today and got two gorgeous frames for 3 dollars a piece. I can hardly wait to begin framing my own pieces. I have done lacing before but this looks wonderful. Thanks so very much💖💖
Oh my gosh! I just framed my first piece. And it wasn't even scary! Thank you so much for this video. My stitch was just a little 5" square piece, but it was a gift for my son. He loves it. I'm pretty proud of how it came out. I can't wait to try something bigger. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Yay I'm so happy to hear that!
Thank you. It is soooo EXPENSIVE to frame a project at these framing places.
Beautiful! Thank you so very much! This is exactly why I quit crosstitching the professional framing was just too expensive. Thank you so much!
I am new to your channel. This is the second tutorial I have watched. I am so impressed with how informative you are without adding a lot of “fluff”, just to the point. You don’t need to be the center of attention, you let the tutorial do the entertaining/teaching. So refreshing! New subscriber here! Thank you!
Thank you so much!
I’m not very experienced in finishing my cross stitches and this was such a helpful informative video, thank you for taking the time to make it it’s helped me loads 👍
Thank you so much for this video and showing everything required! I appreciate that you didn't lace it in the back. It's nice to see how to do it without having to get fancy in the back!!
This is the best framing video I have seen. Great teacher!
Your framing is spectacular! Thank you for this tutorial. It will be a great help to many, especially those of us that do not have framing people/stores available in our rural communities.
Well done and with explanations we can understand.
I'm so glad you found it helpful!
I'm so glad I found your channel. I agree that the pinning is better than the lacing. Lacing is much more difficult for me, at least, as I am a beginner. Thanks for sharing this!
Liz - as always you make that look so easy. I am going to have to rewatch the video while I frame my first piece. Thank you!
thanks so much! I've completely self taught most of the craft activities I do and don't have anyone to explain these things to me. very helpful!
You are so welcome!
Wow this was perfection... Thank you for sharing now I don't feel so intimidated about doing this... your stitching is so Beautiful ❤️
I am new to cross stitch and have been watching a lot of videos on finishing ideas. The framing process has always intimated me and I had resigned that I would need to take my projects to a framer, which can be very costly. Your video is so great, easy to follow and understand. I feel for the first time that I can try and do this myself. Thank you for your great video.
Wonderful!
Thank you so much for making this video! I will be saving this and rewatching when I am ready to frame my own work. Your editing skills are awesome! Please keep making these finishing and framing videos! 😃
I'll keep watching this as well until I get the hang of it!
Hi Everyone, I'm sure there are things I forgot to mention in this video so if you have any questions please leave them below and I'll answer them all in next week's Flosstube episode!
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Thanks for your tutorial. I have so many finished pieces that need framing!
I will try mine. You have inspired me to frame my work. Lot of good details!!! Thank you
Your framing tutorial video is....eye-opening...to me. I have only
really FFO'd ONE piece I have finished in a frame, given to a friend a
couple years ago who tragically died in the PA turnpike bus crash this
past January. I was pretty much under the assumption that lacing was
the "tried and true *only*" way to stretch a piece for framing. Boy
howdy you make this process seem so easy..... I am now going to be
getting some foam core, sequin pins, and the other supplies to try my
hand at finishing some of the FO's I have lingering in my craft storage.
Thank you for the inspiration!
Oh I'm so glad you found it helpful, and so sorry to hear about your friend! I think lacing is still probably the method that most professional framers use but I've never been able to stretch my pieces as well with lacing as I am with pins.
Start out by framing a small piece, to get the feel of the process. Then move on to larger projects.
great video! I've been doing mine the same way and struggling and now I know why. I've been trying to use the "back" that comes with the frame. here you show how you replace it, so your foamcore is able to actually fit in the frame without causing issues with the prongs to hold the piece in there. thank you so much for this
ahhh yeah! I meant to talk about removing the backing and glass from a store bought frame!
Great tutorial. I used all of the easy steps, except for adding the batting, and I successfully framed my cross stitch creation. It looks fantastic!
Wonderful!
This was so helpful!!! Thank you for taking the time to show us how you frame!!! I really appreciate it!!!
Glad it was helpful!
This was great! Thank you. Step by step, straight to the point. I was thinking of making an embroidery baby present and this just upped "I can do this!" sense. Cheers!
thank you so much, I have just found a frame for a long but short cross stitch for my step grandson and didn't think I could afford to frame it and even if I tried myself I would have too many problems, you have made it look so easy.
Oh I'm so glad!!
Great end product! Thank you for sharing your techniques.
Great to see you back!
Great job of demonstrating Elaizabeth Ann!!! I am referring this to a stitcher at Stitch Maynia. I also do pinning when I frame my pieces, tape on the back, and a piece of lightweight batting under my stitching. In my pining process, I very much want to have my fabric threads perfectly straight on the outside, (and I don't trust eyeballing it !) so I do some measuring and I add a contrasting basting line in the fabric with sewing thread, where the edges of the mounting board/foam core will be. I find this easier to see and keep on my foam core edge rather than trying to follow a linen thread along the edge of the board. As I pull and pin, this basting line usually ends up in about the center of the foam core edge or near the back edge. Stretching also helps eliminate and creases that were not ironed out of the front. (I also have a tape measure that on 1 side it starts the measuring from the center of the tape, so perfect for measuring from/finding center of the project.)
Thanks Liz,
This is a great video. I especially liked the snaps 😆. I had heard of pinning but had not actually seen it. Your instructions are nice and simple and I’ll definitely try this.
Thanks,
Kim
Thank you so much, glad I saw this, it avoided me asking a million questions.
You're very welcome!
This is a fantastic video! Used your tips tonight to frame one of my pieces for the first time! Thank you so much for sharing with us.
Ohh thank you!! I’m so glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial! I feel more confident to attempt framing a piece now, and have saved your video to refer to. Your stitching is beautiful too. 💗
You are so welcome!
Hi! I’m not new to cross stitching but I am at framing. Your video was really easy to follow and understand. I had just finished watching the lacing method and it was just too complicated. So thank you very much for sharing. I’m looking forward to watching more videos from you.
You are so welcome!
Well I definitely like your approach you made it seem so easy. Thank you for your video. Excellent tutorial!
Great video.I like how you explained each stage of framing very clearly.It's given me the push that I needed to try framing.I have watched all of your videos from the beginning.Your stitching is beautiful & your choice of projects are so good. Your one talented stitcher.🙂 from West Midlands,England
Thank you so much!! 💕
Great job! I prefer pinning as well. Lacing just seemed a bit more laborious for me. I will have to check out the smaller pins you’ve mentioned. I’m using the bridal and lace pins that are rustproof as these were what I found recommended a couple years ago when I started framing my own pieces. I’m always lazy about adding the paper backing (and I’m often changing out pieces for seasonal, using the same frames, so that’s usually okay). Thanks for sharing! Oh, and this chart is hopefully on its way to me soon 🤣🤗
You did a beautiful job. I just finished my cross stitch and this is so helpful now for me to frame it. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
great video with very helpful information! I need to hurry up and get something done so I can put this to use!! Thanks for showing this!!!
Thank you so much. I’ve finished a few cross stitches and needed this video to help me frame. It’s perfect and includes everything.
Moltes gràcies per l’explicació. Ho provaré
Thanks for a great tutorial. I think I am ready to try this.
Very well done, Elizabeth & inspiring to try & attempt myself & Save $$$! Thank you very much!
Great instruction! I have a number of pieces to frame and was looking for an easy-to-understand video. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for your framing video. You make it seem a lot easier than I thought.
Another great tutorial… thanks so much for sharing.. love the pattern too.
I really enjoyed your method of framing your needlework! Thanks!
Wow. Beautiful job. Thanks for sharing
Thank you for posting, this is so helpful!
Great video
Thank you for sharing! I binged your videos this weekend. I hope you will do more tutorials. I'd love to see how you finish the little ornaments you did for your mom for example and how you attach trim to your little pillows. 😁
Great instructional video! I am going to give it a try!
Thanks for this video! I'm working on my first really big piece and wanted to get a handle on how I could finish it. Exactly what I was looking for!
Great instructions.
Well done, both the framing and the quality of your video are excellent. ❤️
thank you so much! I was nervous posting this because it was my first one, and it felt awkward to keep everything in view of camera and not bounce the camera.. which of course I did anyways! But thank you for watching! 💕
Hi I am new to cross stitching and definitely didn't try to framing anything either. But I want to. My question to you is when you pick out a frame from the store do go by the measurements on the inside of the frame? And if it's not the standard framing size and you still want to frame it yourself do you buy a bigger frame and carefully measure how you want it to look all around? Lol sorry. I hope you understand lol 😅 I'm just glad that you have done these tutorials. I want to do more myself. Thank you 😊
Awesome thank you for the tutorial have a great evening and happy stitching 😊💖
Great job Elizabeth!! Your instructions were very clear and helpful....thanks so much
You are so welcome!
Very well done ,saves expensive framing .
Excellent video...I have this same frame from Hobby Lobby and need to frame a cross stitch piece that I finished recently. This will be very helpful - great job!
Oh awesome! Yeah I was really happy to find this frame a couple of weeks ago, it seems like a really nice quality and have to love the 50% off frame sale!
What a wonderful tutorial !!! Thank you for sharing.
Great job in showing us how to do this at home ~Thank you!
Wonderful instructions. Thanks!!
Thanks for doing this. Great job. You make it look so easy. One day I will try this
You can do it! 💪
That was great! I have always been afraid to use the pin method, I will give it a try! Your s look great!
Yay! Thank you!
Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing! I am encouraged now to start fully finishing some projects!
Have fun!
Well done! Thanks for making this doable!
Fantastic video! You gave great instructions and now my next framed piece is going to look so much better. Thank you!
That was perfect and you make me feel like I could actually do it!! Thank you.
I'm so glad! 💕
What a fabulous video. Thank you for sharing your skill.
Great video, I did learn so many things in framing. I think I can do it too.... The piece is beautiful also. Hugs!!
Thank you!
Thank you so much for this video! I found it so helpful!! I really enjoy your videos and projects.
I'm so glad!
Thank you!!! I have one of these to do this afternoon!
Great job! Exactly how i have done it for years!
Thank you 😀
Very helpful! Thank you so much sharing for the tutorial.
Thank you for this video!! Never framed my own stuff, but I think I can now!
I'm so glad!
Very nice finish....thanks for sharing.
👏🏻Great job! Thank you so much for sharing your framing process with us ❣️
Thanks so much! 😊
Beautiful stitching & framing
Thank you so much 😊
Thank you for the clear and simple tutorial ;)
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent tutorial!
Great tutorial Liz! thanks for sharing...
You are so welcome! 💕
Thank you so much for this great video! You have made it look so easy and maybe I can even do it!!
You can do it!
Excellent instructions. Thank you!
Nice job!! Thanks for the video, very helpful.
Awesome tutorial! Thank you!😊
Great Video!! Thank you, thank you! I think I might be able to do it! You make it look so easy!
You can do it!
Beautiful work! Thank you so much for sharing!
You did an amazing job! Thank you so much for creating this tutorial!
Great video. Found it very helpful. Thank you
Really helpful. Thank you so much for this. I love your vids!
Thank you! Great job! One thing I’d like you to know is that wonderful Hobby Lobby will frame your piece for free when you buy the frame there! You must do the stretching and pinning though, then they will finish it. And Michael’s will do it also but for a charge of only about $6.00!
Oh thats awesome! Do you have to buy a custom frame for them to do that or just any frame off the shelf?
I recently got my son's college diploma framed at Hobby Lobby and I wanted a double mat cut for it. I bought a 16x20 ready made frame off the wall and they gave me half off the frame and assembled everything with a nice paper back. All together the total was $53.00 which I thought was very reasonable. I got way WAY into cross stitching samplers back in the 90s (when the son I just mentioned was a baby) and bought floss, patterns and linen like a mad woman. Then I got into quilting, painting, knitting...and I have moved two rubbermaid tubs full of cross stitching supplies around for 20 years. Now I am pulling it all out again and it's like Christmas! I'm so happy to find my way back to it and this time I will be doing my own framing. I have spent too much in the past on that, I won't make that mistake again. Thanks for the demo, it was terrific!
Great video...so well explained.......I think I can do it now!!!
You can do it! 💪
Yes, It's a helpful video, thank you!
brilliant! so easy! thanks for the tutorial.
Yay I’m glad it was helpful!
Brilliant tutorial, thank you