About three weeks ago I showed you a cool finishing idea (http://sudukc.wordpress.com/2010/04/07/march-finish-and-april-too/ ) from Cooper Oaks (http://www.cooperoaksdesign.com/CooperOakS-COL_Gallery.html ) I really do like Lucite, it will fit somewhere in every décor. But remember you must order them through your local needlework shop!
But I have another finishing idea for these small wonders I have been stitching. Years ago my mother needed a small easel and could not find one to purchase, so she repurposed a drapery hook. My mother was the queen of repurposing and I still have a basement full of her finds to prove it. Here is how she did it.
Picture 1: Original drapery hook in the back
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Front hook has two outside prongs spread to the sides and the hook is bent up and will become the support for the easel.
Picture 2: Bend two center prongs up (opposite direction of the hook) to make supports for the picture.
Picture 3: 
Right – Drapery hook easel
Left – original drapery hook
Picture 4:Easel with a picture (one of the things I stitched and finished before marathon stitching took over my life)
Picture 5: Easel from the back
So if you have old pinch pleated drapery hooks, now you can repurpose them.
ttfn…sue
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