Do you wash your design wall?
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My design wall is a flannel backed vinyl tablecloth that I bought off the roll at Wal Mart - I use a lint roller to get the threads, etc - but it is not holding my pieces like it used to. Does anyone wash their design wall in the washing machine?
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I tried the flannel backed vinyl and found that things didn't stick up there for very long on their own.
Then tried flannelette by itself.
Then a piece of fleece. Best Ever!
Then, went whole hog, with a permanent design wall. 7.5'x10' covered in black fleece. Before Christmas, I finished a 50"x70" quilt and left it on the wall for over two weeks before it was quilted. Never budged!! :)
I didn't go white, for the reason I knew it would look grungy with time. Plus, I believe black gives a better non-judgmental background. Due to the permanency, there'll be no washing ... though I do run the lint roller over mine, periodically.
Then tried flannelette by itself.
Then a piece of fleece. Best Ever!
Then, went whole hog, with a permanent design wall. 7.5'x10' covered in black fleece. Before Christmas, I finished a 50"x70" quilt and left it on the wall for over two weeks before it was quilted. Never budged!! :)
I didn't go white, for the reason I knew it would look grungy with time. Plus, I believe black gives a better non-judgmental background. Due to the permanency, there'll be no washing ... though I do run the lint roller over mine, periodically.
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I haven't, but I probably should. Mine is getting the same way as yours because of using a lint roller. Mine is flannel uardage stapled to an old cardboard cutting mat. I'm going to be unstapling it and washing it.
#9
Mine is homemade using 4x8 sheets of insulation duct taped together so it folds up. It is covered in batting. I like that I can use pins or not. When not in use it is folded up and in plastic, behind a tall bookcase in my living room with a largish mola over it so it is a design element in the room. No one knows I have it wrapped in plastic.
I just roll it with a lint roller or use masking tape to get off threads when needed.
ali
I just roll it with a lint roller or use masking tape to get off threads when needed.
ali
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