Alas, my theory that gessoing cotton before stretching it would make it stronger & easier to stretch has been disproved. It makes a stiff fabric that can't get anything near taut, and leaves you with a lumpy, loose surface. This will not do. I did have a nice chunk of thick, lightly stretchy fabric- sort of a brocade, but not as fancy. This stretched beautifully over the frame & sounds like a drum. THIS I can work with.
So I just spent the last hour or so messing with one failure & one success, and my hands are sore from the staple gun. My ears are also ringing from the repeated blasts- sometimes I had to hit it 4 times before a staple came out. Next time: ear plugs. You what, now?
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