Years ago I would have a framer mount the quilts for me. It did help sales since customers could picture the quilt in a more formal setting but it was also expensive and time consuming. Then the framer I had used moved on to different things.
I read detailed descriptions and tried to do it myself from scratch. After all, I was smart and should be able to figure this out by myself. But that took a long while to do and was frustrating. I could not recoup the time I had put into the quilts. Not a good business plan.
Finally though, as I have frequently found, if I keep toying with an idea in the back of my mind, I may come across a solution to the question. Doesn't persistence pay off? This time it was my friend Cindy Grisdela who wrote about her method for framing. I might be able to do this. Certainly I had to try. Check out her tutorial on her blog. https://cindygrisdela.com/mounting-art-quilts-on-canvas-tutorial/
It was scary after making the quilt to then cut it apart. Wouldn't the flow of the quilt be different? But this was an experiment. What was the worst that could happen? I would destroy a lovely quilt in the process. And it was lovely, wasn't it?
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| prairie memories--wip--quilt--ann brauer 2017 |
Still I had to know if her ideas would work with my quilts? I had already invested in the frames and other supplies. So I mumbled a few words of encouragement to myself and cut. Very different isn't it?
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| prairie memories--wip--quilt--ann brauer 2017 |
And I proceeded to frame the quilt. What do you think? And now I need to make another and another until it becomes not just Cindy's way of framing but also my way as I tweak the method to make it look great for my quilts. That is what is fun about it, isn't it? There is always something new to explore. Some new path to learn.
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| prairie memories--12x36"--quilt--ann brauer 2017 |
What do you think? Do you try something new? How do you make it your own?
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