Originally Posted by Lorae Radunz
My HB hung a shade above the closet in my sewing room.We unrolled it & hung a piece of felt on it {stapled it in a few places]....my design wall.The thing I like about it is,if you need to go to the LQS to pick out border fabric,etc, all you have to do is pop off the staples, roll up the felt quiltblocks & all. When I get to the LQS, I unroll it on a cutting table & pick out my fabric. Get home & just staple it back to the shade. I haven't tried to roll up the shade with everything on it. I'm afraid it might be too much bulk. maybe I'll try that today.
Funny you mention this shade idea...recently saw someone offer this for sale & they rolled it up with pieces intact. Of course you would need to mount it a little further off the wall as the roll will get larger with more fabric "in" the roll.
Here is the link:
http://www.vanishingdesignwall.com/demonstration.html
Love the idea of you rolling it up & taking it with you;)
We have these kinds of wood valances over many of our windows, so I guess I could put one up in any of the bedrooms. I will bet they are mounting them to the sides of the wood valance rather then on the wall directly, as this would give the greater depth needed.