Stretching Canvas - Old School Style

In preparation for an upcoming show in August at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, I decided to stretch some new canvases the old school, traditional way. It's really linen but everyone has no clue what I am talking about when I say stretching linens. Maybe they think I was talking bed sheets? I used to prepare all of my "canvases" this way, and stopped for a couple of years. But, I wished to paint