Hi Lori,

Wow, what a treasure that tiger crewel embroidery sounds like! Aren’t you lucky!

As it relates to remounting it, after you wash it, it may be worth it to take to a professional framer to remount it. I understand that there is additional cost there, but if it is over 200 years old, it is quite the heirloom that you probably want to protect.

I agree about the lace. I have some that was clearly an ‘ecru’ color and some that is just yellow. I wish I knew what to do with all this lace!

Keep me posted on your tiger crewel embroidery…I’d love to see a picture.

Hugs, Lynn

I also have a needlework piece in a frame. I am concerned to take it out and wash it, mostly because I don’t know if there is stretching that needs to be done once it is ready to go back. Any advice on that?
It is a tyger done in crewel work by my husband’s great great grandmother. The story goes that she made it while she was still in England in 1812, at the age of 16. It is under glass, which I think contributed to the “flora” that has developed on it.
I have other samplers that are “only” 50-100 years old, his family certain liked needlework. I’ll try your method on the newer ones before doing the tyger. Thanks for the info!
BTW, I also have some family lace. As a final step , my great grandmother would soak it in coffee to dye it, called ecru. Perhaps your lace was not intended to be white?

Hi Lorene,

Like you, I’d avoid getting the cardboard wet as I am fairly certain it would leave marks.

What concerns you about removing the embroidery from the frame? I had no problem with mine.

Hi Mary,

Thanks for your sweet comments. I do know how lucky I was to have a wonderful relationship with my grandma; I don’t take it for granted. And it was fun to see the before and after…you really don’t realize the impact until you do compare them.

Have a wonderful day, my friend.

Lynn