> I'd really like something big enough to display the lace and suitable for > long term storage (acid free, archival quality).
I wanted to get back to you all, and let you know what I learned. First of all, I found that the name of the thing I was looking for is 'presentation' case or book or album. After doing some searching and looking, I ended up finding the Itoya presentation book, which was exactly what I already had, except that I didn't know that I could still find them and in much larger sizes. I found one 14" X 17" with 24 sheets. It's not expandable, but I think the number of pages will last me a good long time. Everything is archival quality, and I'm very pleased with it. I did find other presentation cases with zippered sides and handles that could have additional pages added, but a lot more expensive, and the one I liked the best unfortunately didn't mention anything about being acid free or suitable for archival storage. I've got my lace transferred from my old book into my new one now, and it's great to see all those lace hankies in their fully glory, instead of folded and scrunched up! I mounted my small lace pieces by stitching them onto a small piece of acid free card stock, then I glued the card stock into the album. I tacked my labels and cards down fairly lightly in the corners with acid free glue, just so they won't slide around on the page, but can be pulled off later on, if I choose. For the large pieces, I just slid them in. There's enough friction to hold them in place pretty well. Yours, Lisa McClure - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
