Putting canvas print onto frame

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Other half sent a photo from her phone to a company who has returned the photo on canvas.
It now has to be fitted onto a frame which she's asked me to make.
Having never done this before,I'm thinking it may be a specialist job.
She's ordered prints before and arrived already fitted to a frame but trying to save money,she decided to get me to do it.
I can see myself making a complete "hash" of it and ruining the canvas photo.
Has anyone successfully done this before??
 
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Other half sent a photo from her phone to a company who has returned the photo on canvas.
It now has to be fitted onto a frame which she's asked me to make.
Having never done this before,I'm thinking it may be a specialist job.
She's ordered prints before and arrived already fitted to a frame but trying to save money,she decided to get me to do it.
I can see myself making a complete "hash" of it and ruining the canvas photo.
Has anyone successfully done this before??

I have always had them done by the "experts" either direct from a company online, or have taken a canvas to a local picture framer.
 
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Yes,I think that "penny pinching" doesn't always work.
Luckily,her sister has a frame with an unwanted picture on it which we can have so I have a starter which just leaves me the job of stretching our photo onto the frame.
 
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The last very plain frame that we had made for a large painting set us back £160. The frame is plain black and about an inch wide. We have an oil painting that requires a new frame and dread the cost.
Later I found out that a friend of mine from Africa has a business that does frames for prints and canvas. He is in Grantham and if allowed by moderator I can post a link or pm you with a link. He has done two prints for us.
 
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Thank you Buckman.
I'm now in the process of stripping the old frame and making it slightly smaller at one end.
The new print only measures 18in x 12in so not a huge job.
Your paintings sound slightly bigger than this one.
At least I can do it up in the shed with some peace and quite👌
 
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Thank you Buckman.
I'm now in the process of stripping the old frame and making it slightly smaller at one end.
The new print only measures 18in x 12in so not a huge job.
Your paintings sound slightly bigger than this one.
At least I can do it up in the shed with some peace and quite👌
Our painting is about 36 x 48 inches.
 

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