Maggiem

I bought a Block Butler design board 2 years ago and it has been up on my wall since then. It is absolutely great. It has a slightly sticky surface which holds my blocks beautifully. I couldn't get along without it anymore!

Dina

I have the same thing, only mine is 48" x 72". It just leans against my closet and I move it whenever I need in the closet. I love it. I am not sure how I ever quilted without it!

Dina

Bataplai

I also used foam insulation board covered with warm and white batting. My husband put a nail in the wall and pushed the foam into the nail to hang it. So far so good.

mom-6

I currently am using the super cheapie flannel backed tablecloth. Would like to upgrade to the foam insulation board as the tablecloth does not hang very evenly.

petthefabric

In our previous house, the ceilings were at 9' height. We bought the tickest 4'x8' sheets of insulation board and covered them with warm and white (spray glue lightly to the plastic sheeting). Attaching them to plaster walls was difficult and overkill-so I won't cover that.

Our current house has 8' ceilings and there's carpet on the floor. The boards have been in place 4 years & I have a lot on them. They're not attached to the wall. The foot is placed on the carpet against the base board. Then they were arched to get the top in place (once in place they're flat) next to the wall. Push pins, that's right, just 1/2" push pins in the ceiling (I think there's 4/4' board) keep them in place. There's also one that is a single board on a 4' wall. It bowed out in the middle so it's held in place with a piece of selvage pinned (again with push pins) on each side of the board. At first I thought they'd fall, in 4 years they haven't, I use them all the time. They are so light weight, it's not likely they'd hurt anything even if they do fall.

Blocks stick very well, unless the fans are going, then they're pinned. Once there's about 3 block length, they don't always stay in place. With the insulation board, its easy to pin them.

Joset

i have one my husband made with two sheets of insulation. it is 72 x 72 which i covered with fannel.

quiltstringz

We just hung batting up - I like it better than the flannel, just make sure to get 100% cotton if you can or Warm & Natural 80/20 - the hobbs doesn't work as well for this. We just thumbtacked it up, not planning on moving so no biggie. If you are concerned about holes it might leave I am sure you could use command hooks and just cut a slit in the batting to have it hang from.

BellaBoo

I covered two 8 x 4 foam insulation boards with felt and stapled them to my wall. The foam staples great and doesn't leave a noticeable hole to repair. I cut another big foam board into several sizes and use those for bulletin boards and to arrange single blocks. It's amazing how fast a board will fill up with random stuff. My DD put a 8 x 4 covered foam board in my DGD's room. It holds everything from purses to jewelry with pretty push pins.

shan

I have used a king size, flat bed sheet for the past 4 years. Works beautifully. Oops, photo turned sideways.
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EllieGirl

I bought two yards of 70" wide felt. I stapled it to my wall with just a regular stapler and it works great!