Batting or fleece or flannel for design board?
#1
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Batting or fleece or flannel for design board?
I'm about to put up a design wall in my new sewing room and would like to know: which of these works better for quilt blocks to stick to on design walls?
Cotton batting?
Fleece?
Flannel?
Inquiring minds would like to know . . . .
Cotton batting?
Fleece?
Flannel?
Inquiring minds would like to know . . . .
#4
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I prefer flannel especially if it is washed. I like having the 1" insulation under so I can also use pins. Whatever you use, you will absolutely LOVE IT and won't know how you quilted without it!!
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I tried several different things on a small scale before committing to my large design wall.
I went with black fleece!
Several years later ... I have no regrets.
Wait, there is one ... that it was not larger!!
However, at 7-1/2ftx10ft (full size of wall), I shall not complain!!!
And now I wonder how I ever managed without it.
So ... whatever you decide go with the largest size you can!
I went with black fleece!
Several years later ... I have no regrets.
Wait, there is one ... that it was not larger!!
However, at 7-1/2ftx10ft (full size of wall), I shall not complain!!!
And now I wonder how I ever managed without it.
So ... whatever you decide go with the largest size you can!
#9
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Join Date: May 2011
Location: Oregon
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Flannel - its easy to use, cheap, and you can take it down and wash it whenever you want and not worry about what condition it's in after. I agree with QuiltE - make it as large as possible. Mine is about 7 1/2 ft tall and 8 ft long and I LOVE it. I used an off white flannel as I didn't want it to affect what I put on the wall, and its light color is good for my room....plus being in the Pacific Northwest (rainy, long winters), I don't need something dark there.
#10
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Location: Maryland
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I have batting on mine, but mostly because I bought 2 bags of a new batting and after opening one of them, I hated it so much I would never use it in a quilt, so it went on my design wall by default.
That's a good point Tartan made about threads on the batting. I've got all colors all over mine. It drives me crazy and I have to pick them off.
That's a good point Tartan made about threads on the batting. I've got all colors all over mine. It drives me crazy and I have to pick them off.
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