Kim, you wrote:
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I really hate stretching my own.
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I had not stretched a canvas since college (a LONG time ago!) until last year and thought it would be difficult. Even in college I stretched only a few canvases.
Then I started to really enjoy using the Claessens linen which comes on a roll. I began stretching my own canvases and found it to be surprisingly easy. In the past year or so I have stretched at least a couple dozen canvases, up to 30x40" in size. I like the flexibility of being able to have a canvas in any size I want, when I want it, and with top quality linen available in a wide range of textures and weights. I can also easily remove and restretch a painting, too, if I need to.
Kim, I'm not sure if you've stretched a bunch of canvases lately and just don't enjoy the process, or if you may not have much experience with it and may be thinking it's a difficult thing to do. It's really not hard, and to me, well worth doing myself.