Frame with or without glass?

[stitchiemom]

When was that picture taken? I haven't seen a dust storm like that since last monsoon season. ugh and it's that time of year again. I love the rainy weather when we get it though, that's the perfect type of day to curl up with a project and get stitching.

[Serinde]

I frame exclusively without glass now. All of my stitching is framed in a way which would make it possible to take it out and wash the piece (?every decade ?quarter century). Humidity is a problem here, but I also took note of a silver wedding piece I did for friends several years ago. It now has dead moths under the glass. Doesn't exactly show off the needlework!

[milkmaid]

we have a stove so ,i always use glass ,but i've noticed that a tapistry i did 15 years ago has a bit of mould in the corner

[rattykate]

Glass is the way to go o_O

[Mystonique]

If you go to a good framer, that understands artworks he/she will frame it using special backing, mounts and glass that are designed to keep humidity, dust and glare under control on fabrics.

A framer who does not know what they are doing or what's available is likely to mount the work very roughly on regular parchment card using regular glass and humidity and dust will attack it in time (mould, staining, deterioration).

Ask around, it's worth taking the time and little extra $ to protect your work and there are framers that understand and specialise (these guys take a bit of extra time stretching your work over the mount to make it look its best too).

[esseff]

I buy my frames online and lace the back of the stitching to fit round the mount card, then I get a local picture framer to cut me a piece of non-reflective glass (not that I've done it that often - 3 times to be exact - but I'm very pleased with the results). We shall see if moisture is an issue in years to come I suppose!