Originally Posted by sewTinker
I have a vinyl tablecloth hung backwards against the wall with the flannel side facing outward. I've been using the same one for 12 years. lol... It's a red checkerboard and the checks show through a bit which is really rather helpful and provides a faint grid. But that was serendipitous. My husband painted a narrow board (white) and screwed it (or nailed it? not sure) across the top of the tablecloth to hold it steady.
That's also what I use. Super cheap and holds just as well as the expensive "real" one my Mom has. Only problem I find is when you have pieces that go inside pieces, i.e., circles you're gonna put in squares, you can't put them up without pinning and then unpinning them. But this is true for any design wall