One suggestion from a sister, if you use a design board on foam, collect your old sewing machine needles. Once they have outlived their usefullness on the sewing machine, they make great pins to pin quilts to the design wall. Of course while piecing the quilt, the fabric sticks to the flannel, but once you start to sandwich it can get heavy, and straight pins aren't as heavy or strong as the used needles. And if do a lot of quilting, you will soon collect enough needles to help with this job