love to sew

I plan of purchasing what I need to cover a 48" x 72" cork board to use for a design board. I know lots use flannel but Joanne's has a sale on felt for $2.99/yard and it is 72" wide. Does anyone know if it works as well as flannel. Also what color do you all prefer? White or cream?

Prism99

I believe the felt would not be washable.

ckcowl

It should work, the story boards we used to use were felt. White or cream is your choice, either will work.

love to sew

I didn't know that you washed them!

ckcowl

I just vacuum my design wall if I start getting strings on it-- in 14 years have had no need to wash the covering.

SHELTIE'SMAMA

I suspect that today's felt is washable because so many of them are poly. I would wash first so that there are no surprises later on.

love to sew

If it is poly will it work to hold up blocks with out pins?

Cari-in-Oly

A large flannel backed tablecloth would probably cost less and works just as well. I bought mine on clearance for $2.00 at Big Lots and used push pins to attach it to the wall.

Cari

RST

I use white felt stretched over the pink insulation boards from hardware store. The felt holds blocks up beautifully, and when you have a larger piece with lots of seams which make it heavier, a straight pin into the insulation does the trick. I too vacuum. Did not wash, but certainly could have -- poly felt is washable. I went with felt because I was able to get a 96 inch width so no seams in the wall. And it was a lot cheaper than equal amount of good quality flannel would have been.

deedum

same here. works great too.