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From: BabsSewingRoom
Date: 08-17-2005, 10:22 AM (1 of 3)
| I have a tapestry that a friend's daughter got in Italy on her honeymoon. She asked me to sew binding around it and tabs on top for hanging. Do I also need to put a backing on it? |
User: BabsSewingRoom
Member since: 04-10-2004 Total posts: 80 |
From: MaryW
Date: 08-17-2005, 10:27 AM (2 of 3)
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I really doubt it but I would perhaps add a sleeve on the bottom so it would hang straight and flat.
MaryW
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User: MaryW
Member since: 06-23-2005 Total posts: 2542 
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From: beachgirl
Date: 08-17-2005, 11:13 AM (3 of 3)
| I have a beautiful tapestry that was bought for me 42 years ago. It was all hand made & has fringe on either side. Mine has to have a backing put on it or the sewing would come through onto the front side & ruin it. It's worth a great deal of money plus you wouldn't want that anyway. I'd hand sew a good cotton backing & add the tabs on top & a tube on the bottom. On mine I want tubes on both ends as it is large & I want the weight not pull from the top. Just my ideas on mine.I'll hand sew the backing on & machine sew the tubes before I attache it to the tapestry. If you don't want a rod at the bottom you can put a dowel with a little weight to it in the bottom tube so it won't show. Or sew some little pockets at the bottom & add some weights in each one. Washers would work also for weights. Dry cleaners will not clean the better tapestries so dust them often with the vac. brush. I put an old nylon over my brush. |
User: beachgirl
Member since: 08-31-2004 Total posts: 615 
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