Design Wall...Do You Have One?
#21
I used 2 4x8 ft sheets of insulation material from Home Depot. A friend and I duct taped them together in a hinge fashion. The we sprayed the insulation with a 3M spray adhesive bought at an office supply store and covered it al with batting, though we could have used flannel. I then duct taped the edges so it would look 'pretty.'
It is folded and behind a large bookcase in my living room. The top is draped with a Mola and it looks like a design element of the room. Whenever I need it I pull it our and unfold it for use. I lay out my quilt and take pictures then carefully remove the blocks and number the rows appropriately.
This is ideal for a small place when you want a large quilt wall.
enjoy.
It is folded and behind a large bookcase in my living room. The top is draped with a Mola and it looks like a design element of the room. Whenever I need it I pull it our and unfold it for use. I lay out my quilt and take pictures then carefully remove the blocks and number the rows appropriately.
This is ideal for a small place when you want a large quilt wall.
enjoy.
#22
Originally Posted by imjustme
I don't have one. I would really like one though. It does seem like that would help out alot. It would be nice to have somewhere to keep my stuff as I am working on it. Right now I have to drag everything out and put it back up so the kids don't get it. Moving everything around is a job itself.
#23
Now that I have one, I am able to lay out designs I wouldn't have thought of before. It is so much easier this way. It is also nice to be able to take a row at a time off to sew together and keep the order straight.
The top I just finished, the scrubs top...was designed on the wall.I doubt I would have done it otherwise. My design wall has become VERY important to me. I love it!!!
Ditter
The top I just finished, the scrubs top...was designed on the wall.I doubt I would have done it otherwise. My design wall has become VERY important to me. I love it!!!
Ditter
#24
I made myself a design wall and it is the best thing I ever did. I just thumb tacked fleece to the wall and then covered it with white flannel tacked over the top. It holds a double size top and I could expand a little if I wanted to. The thumb tacks don't make large holes and in my sewing room I didn't think it mattered that much. Some dobs of spackle and a fresh coat of paint and it will be like new again.
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Thanks for all the replies, guys!
I, too use graph paper to kinda sketch out what I want to have happen, but even then I lay things out on the carpet. Which is fine for us, I guess...but for quilts for giving? I'm kinda forcing the recipients to be ok with it,lol!
I need to win the lotto so I can get all the goodies I want.
I, too use graph paper to kinda sketch out what I want to have happen, but even then I lay things out on the carpet. Which is fine for us, I guess...but for quilts for giving? I'm kinda forcing the recipients to be ok with it,lol!
I need to win the lotto so I can get all the goodies I want.
#30
I am in an ongoing process of redoing my sewing room. I have 4 large windows (2 on each outside wall). I know I may want to put curtains on them eventually, they have blinds now. So I put up two curtain rod holders, the U-shaped kind, sort of, one in the middle and one to one side of 2 of the windows. I bought some queen size batting, turned each end and sewed a "channel" ** at the top and bottom, put a large dowel stick in each, and I have a ready made design wall almost to the floor..in my windows. The curtain rod holders can hold both dowel sticks so I can store the wall when not in use, or if I want to open all the windows.
When I decide where I want my wall sort of permanently, I can then take down this batting, use it in a quilt, and make my new wall as I see fit.
(**sorry, that is not the word I am looking for, but it escapes me for now)
When I decide where I want my wall sort of permanently, I can then take down this batting, use it in a quilt, and make my new wall as I see fit.
(**sorry, that is not the word I am looking for, but it escapes me for now)
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