I don't have the space issue because my sewing room is the top floor of our garage so I have a design wall roughly 4 feet larger (side to side) than a king quilt and taller than me. I have felt that I got in bulk (with coupons of course!) and sewed together. I have a PVC pipe top and bottom (in pieces) rigged on some rope I had lying around. I can take it, fold it into about 1/4 the length and roll it up if I need to, but most the time I just drape the clear plastic cover I have for it (dust and birds stink) over what I'm working on. I can make "erasable" notes on the plastic or use safety pins and pin paper around the edges so I don't forget what I was doing.