rryder

Meant to say that it is very light and easy to move, even for just one person. Also, the foam can be cut to fit any size you want. Mine cost less than $40 including a new roll of super duper duct tape and the 505 spray.

Rob

117becca

i sew in the basement, and hung some warm and natural on a set of shelves - 8ft wide....

i like the w&n because it has some body and weight to it. Eventually, i turned the batting the other way so that it covers the entire width of the shelves.

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cashs_mom

I've had 2 pcs of foam insulation covered with offwhite flannel for a design wall for years. I do have to use pins if the a/c is on because it blows the blocks off the board I have never mounted mine to the wall. I just stand them next to it. I like it that way because I can move them where I want. If I'm working on a big project the stand them next to each other so I can spread things out, but if I'm working on a lap quilt I stack them one in front of the other and just use one.

Prism99

When mounting on the wall, I would suggest raising it higher than your dog. That way you don't end up with dog fur on the bottom of the design wall, from your dog brushing up against it.

I have styrofoam insulation boards, which I really like, covered with batting. My problem is we have cats who absolutely LOVE to shred styrofoam and batting. I can't leave it up.

Edit: I found that large blocks, and sewed rows of blocks, do not like to adhere by themselves even with the design wall tilted. Smaller blocks do not have this problem. Anyway, I like the styrofoam because I can pin into it. I would recommend bringing some pins with you when buying the backing board to make sure you can easily pin into it.

tscweaves

My design wall is a piece of flannel thumb tacked to the wall. Works fine unless the window is open, then the pieces fly. I also have a small block board, a piece of 2'×2' sanded plywood from Home Depot covered with Warm & Natural batting. I love the block board, that has saved me so much ripping time.

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You can see both the design wall & block board in this picture, plus the area is tidy for a change:-)

Faintly Artistic

I posted this recently:
My $2 design wall

Peckish

Keep it simple. I tacked a large piece of W&N on my wall. Easy and quick. Don't need pins or foam or anything else. Blocks just stick to the batting.

At one point I had flannel on the wall, but anytime someone walked by, or the dog wagged his goofy tail, everything would fall off. I don't have that problem with W&N, it's very sticky.

Irishrose2

I bought Velcro tape with one side sew on and one side stick on. I put the adhesive part on the wall at the top. I sewed the sew on part to a huge piece of fleece fabric - not the anti-pill. It holds everything except a sewn together quilt. I never pin blocks or rows or columns. The only thing that will remove a few blocks is a certain Border Collie's tail. The advantage? Easily removed for holiday dinners and quickly replaced - it's in my family room, so I prefer to have the wall uncovered when I have a lot of company.

amyjo

My son in law put up a rod 12ft wide plus stuck command hooks underneath. I have the fons n porter wall up & I use hangers for pants to put on the big plastic rod to hold sewn strips up so I can see what they look like b4 I sew the whole thing together. Works for me was very reasonable

jmoore

I recently purchased two insulation boards at Lowe's or Home Depot and used Gorilla tape to join them in the middle. I then covered it with inexpensive batting from Joann's using a staple gun to pull the batting taut. I have not yet had the opportunity to secure it to the wall so it's just leaning up against it for the time being. I followed a tutorial...maybe YouTube.