Needlepoint and textile framing.
Best Framing frames needlepoint, stitchwork and textiles in Costa Mesa, Orange County: needlework, flags, garments, kimonos and large textiles. Each piece is designed at our counter, with paper or fabric matting, acid-free materials and glazing chosen for it.
How do you frame needlepoint?
At the counter, with the piece in front of us. The mounting, the mat, the glazing and the moulding are all chosen against the stitches themselves, and stitchwork and needlepoints have been part of our framing for over twenty years.
Paper or fabric matting.
Our designers walk you through mounting and presentation, paper or fabric matting, glazing and mounting hardware, chosen for the piece.
Mounted so it can be undone.
A piece that matters is supported in a way that can be undone rather than glued down, because gluing a piece down can permanently alter it.
Acid-free behind it.
Our store is completely acid-free, mats included, so nothing behind the stitches burns a line into the fabric.
Should needlework go behind glass?
That is decided with the piece, and the glazing must never press on the fabric: fabric pressed against glass marks, and the mark does not come out. Where glazing is used, UV-protective or museum-quality glazing is chosen with you, because daylight fades thread the way it fades pigment.
Stretched and mounted.
A large patchwork textile, stretched, mounted and set in a slim black frame, hung in a living room.
A fabric ground.
A fabric mat or a linen ground under the piece, the way a wedding invitation suite was floated on pale linen in one of our gilt frames.
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YelpCan you frame a kimono, a flag or a garment?
Yes. Kimonos and large textiles are among the gigantic pieces we have framed. A state flag was floated and framed in a gold moulding for one of our commercial projects, and garments from christening gowns to vintage swimsuits go into shadow boxes deep enough to keep their shape.
An embroidered ceremonial robe
Gold and oxblood embroidery, fringed at the hem, floated in an ornate dark frame and stood upright on the showroom floor.
Surf club pennants
Two wide frames, the cloth pennants fanned and floated, hung as a pair on the same wall.
What does textile framing cost?
It is quoted in person once we have seen the piece. There is no published price list; the price follows the choices below, and the turnaround is quoted at the same time.
- Size
- The size of the piece. Large textiles past 48 × 96 inches are oversized work.
- Mounting
- How the textile is supported: stretched and mounted, floated, or built into a shadow box.
- Mats
- Paper or fabric matting, acid-free, cut to the piece.
- Glazing
- UV-protective or museum-quality glazing, chosen with you for the piece.
- Moulding
- Any profile from the hundreds of corner samples on the moulding wall, or one milled in our wood shop.
- Turnaround
- Quoted at the counter when the piece is designed with you.
The questions people ask at the counter, answered.
From what can be framed and choosing the right glass to mounting jerseys, printing artwork and protecting the pieces that matter, we answer the questions our customers ask us every day.
How to frame a jersey, step by stepHow to frame a jersey: a shadow box deep enough that the glass never touches it, mounting that can be undone, a mat lined to its colors. From Costa Mesa.Read Article
What can you actually frame?Photos, posters, diplomas, jerseys, kimonos, oversized art and mirrors: what a custom frame shop in Costa Mesa can take on, and what each one needs.Read Article
Museum glass vs regular glass, and what the glass over your art is doingMuseum-quality and UV-protective glazing vs regular glass: what each does for your art, plus acid-free mats and conservation framing. From Costa Mesa.Read Article- Summer is hereSummer camp crafts, maps, ball game tickets, souvenir T-shirts, seashells and snapshots: ideas for framing your summer, from our Costa Mesa counter.Read Article
Textile framing, asked and answered.
How do you frame needlepoint?
At the counter, with the piece in front of us. The mounting, a paper or fabric mat, the glazing and the moulding are chosen against the stitches, everything behind them is acid-free, and a piece that matters is mounted so it can be undone.
Should needlepoint be framed with glass?
That is decided with the piece. Glazing keeps dust and daylight off the threads, and UV-protective or museum-quality glazing is chosen with you, but it must never press on the stitches: fabric pressed against glass marks, and the mark does not come out.
Can you frame a kimono?
Yes. Kimonos and large textiles are among the gigantic pieces we have framed, including an embroidered ceremonial robe floated in an ornate dark frame. When no catalog moulding is long enough, we mill one in our own wood shop.
Do you glue textiles to the backing?
Not a textile that matters. It is supported from behind in a way that can be undone, because gluing a piece down can permanently alter it.
Can you frame a flag?
Yes. Flags are part of the textile and memorabilia framing we do, and for one of our commercial projects a state flag was floated and framed in a gold moulding. A military flag can share a shadow box with medals and service pins.
Can you frame a christening gown or baby clothes?
Yes. Christening gowns and antique children’s garments go into shadow boxes deep enough that the fabric keeps its shape and never touches the glazing.
Still wondering? Come in and ask. No appointment required.
Print and frame what you love. Visit the showroom.
No appointment required.
- Call
- (949) 791-8780
- Hours
- Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Sat 9am-1pm
Bring us the thing you love.
Walk in with it and talk it through with a designer. No appointment required, though you are welcome to book one.
1671 Placentia AvenueCosta Mesa, CA 92627
- Call(949) 791-8780
- HoursMon-Fri 10am-5pm · Sat 9am-1pm · Sun closed
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