Sunday, August 20, 2006

QMH Progress & Some Framing


A little bit more progress on Quaker Meetinghouse Sampler. I'm putting it away for a wee while now. Karen's kindly ordering more skeins of the Tartan Plaid Crescent Colours for us, so I think we're both going to wait for that to arrive before continuing with it. A warning for anyone that's thinking of kitting this design up - if you're doing it 2 over 2, you will definitely need at least 3 skeins (not 2 as the chart says)... you may possibly even need a 4th, and as the colours are variegated, you'll want to make sure to get them all at once to avoid dye lot problems.

I thought I'd share some photos of recent framing I've had done too. These are NOT recent finishes though, I might add -- I stitched "Friendly Enemies" and "Doggie in the Window" when I was in my early teens! They were just pieces that were in desperate need of professional framing. Some of the photos are not very good -- my mum's dining room (where they live) doesn't have great lighting for taking photos - or it does but if I keep half the lights on I can't get a good shot of the pieces as the light reflects right onto the glass. Ach well.


Friendly Enemies

Doggie In The Window

The Kiss (Mirabilia)




I have an absolutely wonderful local framer. He never seems to charge me more than £20 per piece. What's that, about $35-$38? For the whole thing - frame, mat and labour (for medium size framing too - e.g. a regular Mirabilia size piece). I've mentioned it before, if anyone in the Dunbartonshire area is looking for a framer his name is Gary Merchant and the shop is The Framing Workshop. I'd drive hours to get my stitching framed at this place, he's the best.

I have NO excuse to put off getting things framed anymore!!

13 comments:

Sasha Farina said...

ohhhhhh love all your works! especially The Kiss :)

Leslie aka zoeandcooper said...

They all look so lovely! I am jealous of your framer. I wish I could get things framed at such an amazing rate.

Leah said...

Those frames are great and your framer charges very reasonable prices!!

Dani - tkdchick said...

Your framer charges amazing prices. I've taken up framing and from what I pay for supplies, he must not be making a huge profit! The markup for your standard professional framer is 300%

You're moving along quickly with your SAL!

CindyMae said...

The Quaker Meeting House is coming along great. It is looking lovely. Too bad that I do not live any where even close to you or I would be calling on your framer in the future! lol

glamlawlib said...

Hello, new to your blog and love your photos/work. Your framer is v.cheap. I paid about £45 to have a work similar in size to the Kiss framed!!! Am going to Scotland (Glen Coe/West coast) on hols in Sept can't wait :)

Christine said...

It's a so great quaker !
Your framed designs are looking very good !

Mia said...

Tina, I love all the framed and finished pieces. Very lovely and your progress on Quaker Meeting House is coming along nicely. :)

Jenn said...

Tina, Everything turned out lovely and your QMH is coming along nicely. Ohhh I see near your finished The Kiss Sitting Pretty. I just finished that back in May/June of this year. It was such a fun piece to stitch, except for all the back stitching.

Kiwi Jo said...

wow, what a feast for the eyes today! Great work.

Michelle said...

Your QMH is looking so great! And thanks for sharing pics of your framed pieces - I am having a hard time myself right now getting a good pic of a framed piece.

Wendy said...

What beautiful pieces you have framed! And those sound like great prices too. I pay at least triple that to get anything framed and I still think I'm getting a good deal!

Your WIP is looking great.

Nicki said...

Those pieces look great! And how good to have a cheap, good framer :)

I haven't done any more on Petal by the way, but I might just finish the beading to see if I need more. I'll let you know! :)