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    Old 07-27-2011, 04:00 PM
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    I bought two yards of white felt. I turned the top over 1 inch & stitched it to form a casing. I bought a curtain rod & hung it up on my wall. When not in use, the design stays rolled up & out of the way. The wall was orginally 70" wide. I have a sewing room now. I have hung it over my window. I cut 10" off so it would fit my window. Good Luck with it.

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    Old 07-28-2011, 02:58 AM
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    I covered cardboard with extra warm and natural batting. Pieces stick great
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    Old 07-28-2011, 03:15 AM
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    I bought foam core board at a craft store, taped them together with duct tape and then covered the whole thing with flannel.
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    Old 07-28-2011, 03:47 AM
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    My design wall is a very large, very wide piece of extra thick cream colored polar fleece, double layered and pinned to the wall along the top. I roll it up to the ceiling and secure it with ribbons when not in use.
    Using the extra cushy surface works really well. It even holds up whole quilts with its cling and no pins.
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:01 AM
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    I purchased a new queensize flannel sheet for $2.50 at Goodwill. I plan to add several grommetts to one edge, probably the top, then I will add inconspicuous hooks (probably those you can easily remove) to one wall close to the ceiling to hang the sheet. This will allow me to fold it and put it away when not in use.

    Our Extension Office has two 2" thick 7' x 3" pieces styrofoam covered with fabric but they have a huge storage room
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:07 AM
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    Another way which I did is to use wood towel hangers that you can get at Home Depot - mount the ends to the ceiling and use a long dowel instead of the towel rod. Hang it above your bi fold doors. Hang a piece of batting as wide and as long as you need it, using curtain hooks. This way if you need to get it out of the way, you can push it to one side or the other.

    I find that batting works better than flannel.
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:23 AM
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    My sewing room is also my bedroom...in the attic...with the walls currently being insulation. So I can't even tack a piece of felt to the wall. My design wall is a piece of 36 by 36 inch felt with 2 skirt hangers over my wardrobe. I have another piece of felt I sometimes safety pin to it to make it longer or wider, but it works for me and is much better than nothing at all! I like the idea of putting flannel or felt on the doors so it will fold out of the way if needed
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:27 AM
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    Yes, make it as big as possible. The one I use is too small for lap quilts. It's a trifold display board with a plastic tablecloth over it, fuzzy side up. It works great but I would love to have something bigger. The plus side is that I can fold it up and put it aside when not in use.
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:33 AM
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    I agree with your husband. I'm going to buy a window shade, glue flannel to it and then I can roll it up when I'm not using it.
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    Old 07-28-2011, 04:50 AM
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    I did this as well but covered mine with some grey flannel that I had. To hang it on the wall I put some 3-M hooks on the wall and clipped binder clips to the board. For a larger quilt you could put two of these side by side.
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