Your finished design photo frame to fit your design fabric scissors straight pins masking tape 1 4 acid free foam core.
How to mat a cross stitch picture.
A suitable frame and mat if desired.
Your laced cross stitch on an acid free foam core mounting board.
Features you may consider include.
How much unstitched fabric will be visible around the edges of the design and whether you will use a mat.
Once your cross stitch is all sewn around the backing card and ready for mounting you can tape the sewn card to the reverse side of the mat board.
You can either tape all around the edges of your piece which will be the most secure or just do the photo corner style like i do in the video demo for smaller pieces.
A sheet of acid free paper mat or foam core board protecting the back of the fabric.
A cross stitched project is so very special and during the process of stitching you will have developed a mental picture of how it will look when completed and framed.
If you are using glass in your frame make sure it is clean and smear free before framing cross stitch pictures.
2 3 acid free mats protecting your fabric from the glass.
Is there a way to create a beautifully framed cross stitch yourself.
Glass protecting from dust and smoke.
Solid backing some frames may have only bend able metal clips others have a solid backing layer.
Then our last job is to drop the work into the frame and attach a back board to keep everything neat and tidy and enclosed.