Don't know if Mum has gone on holiday yet so and so unsubscribed, so I'll speak up for her: I think it was Carolyn who took a snippet of LizL's comments on judging about not accepting professionally mounted work and asked about professional framing.
I think that the Fair/s she's judged at do not allow any sort of framing for lace. I'm not 100% sure of this, but I think it's the case. Obviously this is different for embroidered entries. As a judge I don't like to judge anything under glass or framed, but if the rules don't specifically ban frames, they have to be judged. It makes it very difficult to see the back of the entry and how it's finished if it's mounted. Isn't that part of the reason why people enter? To have their work scrutinized? Personally, I like how the Royal Melbourne Show required/s lace to be presented: attached in one top corner only (don't remember if it was right or left) and not framed. All laces were uniformly presented (but on a choice of backing by entrant) and judges had access to the reverse side. The other little bonus to this is that the people displaying the lace could easily tell which was the top - an issue for some unusual items. Cheers, Helen, in Denver - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
